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BMW to Pull Out of Formula One at End of Season; CO2 Champion Concept Car for IAA in September

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BMW is realigning its motor sports activities, and is ending its participation in Formula One at the end of 2009. While it will remain active in motor sports, said Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, it will focus on close-to-production motor sports. And, naturally, this also includes motor sports.As

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EEA: almost all Euro car makers met specific 2017 CO2 targets on new sales, but emissions up year-on-year

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display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Eea1" title="Eea1" src="[link] />. BMW AG, Renault, Daimler AG, Volkswagen together sell more than 50% of the new electric vehicles in the market. The final data show that average CO 2 emissions of a new car sold in the EU rose by 0.4 g CO 2 /km in 2017 to 118.5

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

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A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. FIAT Auto consistently falls behind throughout the entire review period. There is a mixed picture among European manufacturers.

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