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EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

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While technological advances are producing cleaner vehicles, more and more passengers and goods are travelling further distances in Europe, thereby offsetting efficiency gains. Car journeys remained the dominant mode of transport, accounting for 72% of all passenger kilometers in the EU-27. Click to enlarge.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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And yet more air conditioning exacerbates the very problem—climate change—that is driving the need for more air conditioning. Lithium Battery Ripe for Disruption, Inventor Says A car battery pack is opened, revealing the modules, at a Volkswagen pilot recycling plant in Salzgitter, Germany. What to do? Two words: heat pumps.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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Between 1995 and 2006 car ownership levels in the EU-27 increased by 22% (equivalent to 52 million cars, equivalent to the entire fleet of the UK and Spain combined), and passenger car use increased by 18%. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Market Background Policy. Air pollution. Transport at a crossroads.

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Growing Number of EU Countries Levying CO2 Taxes on Cars and Incentivizing Plug-ins

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At present, 17 of the 27 EU Member States levy CO 2 -related taxes on passenger cars, and 15 governments provide tax incentives for electrically chargeable vehicles, according to the newly published European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) Tax Guide 2010. New to the list is Belgium.

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