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JULY 22, 2019

government predicts a drop in carbon-dioxide emissions. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Hyundai releases details on the 2020 Sonata Hybrid. VW advances voice commands. Protean introduces in-wheel motors on casters for electric buses. And the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2010

According to a recent analysis of US Environmental Protection Agency carbon dioxide (CO2) data for 2008-2009, there has been an overall CO2 improvement of 2.8 per cent across all US cars and trucks.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Car manufacturers are taking the fight against CO2 emissions seriously: and the proof has just been released by the European Environment Agency (EEA). In a new report entitled CO2 emissions performance of car manufacturers 2012, the EEA reveals that all major car manufacturers hit their fleet emiss[.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2012

It appears the battle against rising carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has yet to be won – with a new report suggesting that they rose by three per cent last year. The annual report Trends in global CO2 emissions, which is released by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the EC Joint Research Centre, suggests that [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2014

The new Mazda2 supermini is on its way to the European market, with details now revealed on the new car’s drivetrains and equipment. litre diesel with headline low emission figure of 89g/km CO2 and fuel economy of[.]. A choice of four engines will be offered including the new 77kW/105ps Skyactiv-D 1.5

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Green Cars News

JULY 31, 2012

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT, logo pictured) and the ClimateWorks Foundation have teamed up to produce a new analysis on how the US, China and the European Union can tackle their combined CO2 emissions – and have reached a striking conclusion.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2014

Average CO2 emissions for new cars sold in Europe during 2013 were 4% more efficient than those sold in 2012. Data from the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows that collectively, Europe''s car fleet emitted an average of 127g/km of CO2, three grams ahead of 2015''s legal limit. Stronger sales [.].

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

With a focus on lightweight design, the new C-segment car will achieve impressive fuel economy as high as 91.1mpg with CO2 emissions and CO2 emissions as low as 82g/km. Peugeot’s new 308 will arrive in the UK from January, with order books already open. Using the brand’s new ‘Efficient Modular Pla[.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 31, 2011

You may have thought that we are starting to win the battle against carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions – however, new figures from the International Energy Agency suggest the opposite is true. It finds that energy related CO2 emissions in 2010 were actually at their highest levels in history after a dip in 2009 and represented [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 3, 2017

With the announcement from SMMT that CO2 emissions have fallen for the 19th consecutive year in the UK, the leasing industry is patting itself on the

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 31, 2013

SEAT is releasing its lowest emission car yet in the form of the new Leon Ecomotive, with emissions as low as 87g/km CO2. Now on sale, first deliveries of the car are expected to begin in January. Unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the new Leon is now available in a choice of three body styles-[.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Buying an automatic instead of a manual car often come at the expense of fuel economy and emissions. The Swedish carmaker has been hard at work reducing the emissions and improving the fuel economy of its models. But not if you buy a Volvo. That includes ensuring that automatic models deliver the same economy as [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 4, 2014

Sports cars don''t appear on TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk The new flagship model from the German carmaker will set a new low for sports cars in terms of its CO2 emissions: they will fall to just 110g[.]. too regularly: but when they offer statistics as staggering as the new Audi TT, they are hard to ignore.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 11, 2013

A growing number of consumers are taking vehicles'' carbon output when choosing their next used car. Over three quarters of the dealers (77%) surveyed by vehicle information expert HPI had noticed a greater awareness of CO2 emissions among customers. However, 85% of those dealers believe their inte[.]. Latest News'

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Green Cars News

MAY 1, 2014

Peugeot''s 108 will boast sub-100g/km CO2 emissions when it arrives in the UK this July. The dinky city car has been restyled, ditching the boxy fragile look, instead taking influence from Peugeot''s classier looking 208 and 308 efforts. Under the bonnet will be a 68bhp 1.0-litre litre petrol engine, [.]. Peugeot Editor Pick'

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Kia’s new pro_cee’d is available to order from today, with emissions from as little as 100g/km CO2. Two engines will be available, a 1.6 GDi petrol and a 1.6 CRDi turbodiesel with Intelligent Stop & Go (ISG) and there’s a choice of two trim levels. The three-door hatchback is also available with either a six-speed [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The motor industry is ‘extremely’ unlikely to hit its EU set target of a fleet average of 130g/km of CO2 by 2013, according to Clean Green Cars. The claim comes as the website releases details of the industry’s performance in the third quarter of 2010, where the average CO2 emitted by new cars stood at [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

A new generation of low voltage micro-hybrid technologies in vehicles could allow existing engine technology and transmission combinations to be downsized and support significant reductions in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Controlled Power Technologies and AVL have been working [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Hybrid buses are meant to be a step in the right environmental direction with lower fuel consumption and significant reductions in CO2 emissions: however, a new report is suggesting that the improvement in terms of regulated emissions may not be as great. Latest News Green cars Hybrid cars Ricardo'

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Green Cars News

MARCH 22, 2011

Emission levels are having a growing influence on consumer buying habits, according to a new survey of UK car dealers. Research undertaken by used car data firm HPI reveals a 52 per cent increase in dealers confirming that CO2 emissions influenced customers’ purchasing decisions in 2010 compared to 2007.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Honda has confirmed that the 2012 Honda Insight will have CO2 emissions below 100g/km. Set to be revealed at next week’s Frankfurt Motor Show, the revised 5-door hatchback will have an official CO2 emission figure of 96g/km.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 20, 2014

Skoda has added a new low CO2 model of its Octavia hatch model called the Octavia GreenLine, with an official CO2 figure of just 85g/km. Powered by a 1.6 litre TDI CR 110PS engine, the new model also boasts official fuel economy figure of 88.3mpg, giving it the highest rating in the Octavia line-u[.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The Opel/Vauxhall Adam (pictured) is set to benefit from a new 1.0litre engine that will bring its statistics to emissions below 100g/km and fuel economy to 59mpg. Latest News Green cars Vauxhall General Motors' The 1.0litre SIDI turbo engine was unveiled as part of the Aachen Colloqium in Germany.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles will reduce CO2 and nitrogen oxide emissions levels – but they are also expected to push up sulphur oxide emissions.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2010

The battle against greenhouse gas emissions doesn’t just involve preventing these emissions in the first place – it also involves getting rid of the carbon dioxide that’s already in the atmosphere.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

TDI engine which will emit as little as 92g/km CO2 and achieve up to 80.7mpg, compa[.]. Audi is to add new fuel efficiency stars to its new A1 range, with fuel economy now rated as high as 80.7mpg. The new refreshed models, due to go on sale later this month, will be offered with the highly frugal 1.6

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2009

Good news at last in the battle to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has projected a five per cent decline in fossil fuel based CO2 emissions this year. per cent decline in coal-based CO2 emissions although increases in coal consumption are expected to lead to a 1.1

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 7, 2007

The French government's Ministry of Ecology has instituted a CO2 based "feebate" scheme. Low emission vehicles will receive a rebate, high emission cars will be assessed a fee. Mid level emitters, representing about 45% of the cars currently sold, will be unaffected. An electric car would receive €5000 (over $7300.)

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 1, 2011

Kia’s new Rio model is set to go on sale next month with emissions as low as 85 g/km CO2. The new, fourth generation model will also boast fuel economy as high as 88.3mpg, as its car maker strives to make low emission cars ‘available to all’. First launched in 2005, the new model will [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Renault has become the European leader for the sale of low emission cars. According to Association Auxiliaire de l’Automobile (AAA-DATA), the French carmaker’s average CO2 emissions were just 115.9g/km km of CO2 per vehicle sold in first half of 2013. The firm owes its success to the recent r[.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 3, 2011

The scheme allows staff to sacrifice a proportion of their salary in order to drive a low emission car. CO2 emissions are restricted to a maximum of 160g/km, although as all the cars on [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 8, 2012

Europe could lose its position as a leader in fuel-saving technology if it does not step up targets to reduce vehicle related CO2. As the EU prepares to bring in a target for average new car emissions of just 95g/km CO2 by 2020, environmental campaign group, Transport & Environment (T&E) warns that even this new [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 25, 2009

If you thought that the surge of green car innovations and the economic crisis would help to drive down emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane last year, then think again. molecules of CO2 entered the atmosphere last year and stayed there - that’s only a slight fall from the 2.2

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 13, 2012

SEAT’s new Ibiza model will have emissions as low as 89g/km CO2 when it launches in the UK this spring. That will make the Spanish brand’s car one of the lowest emission cars in its class. Set to be released in three body styles, three door hatch, five door and an estate version, new E [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 10, 2010

The brand new Lotus Elise has a unique claim to fame – for its performance level it has the lowest CO2 emissions of any petrol sports car in the world. That’s the statement after the new entry level 2011 Lotus Elise was certified with an emissions figure of 149g/km of CO2 – that’s a reduction of [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2010

It may seem like a lofty goal, but the entire UK transport sector could enjoy carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reductions of 76 per cent by 2050. That’s the verdict of researchers at the University of York and the Stockholm Environment Institute who believe the reduction is achievable when compared to “business as usual” under a [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 25, 2013

An innovative new device, developed by start-up company, Ecoviate aims to slash tailpipe emissions of existing vehicles in simple and affordable way. Green credentials' According to the firm’s Kickstarter funding page, the new CO2ube device, which fits onto the exhaust pipe of a vehicle, uses algae photosynthesis to[.].

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