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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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This figure has declined continuously since its peak in 2007, when 15.5 People in Malta, Denmark and Greece bought the lightest models on average. Compared to the current levels the average emissions gap between gasoline and diesel was more than 10 times higher in 2000. There were 11.8 million new cars registered in the EU in 2013.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. . Country/Average CO2 2008(g/km)/AverageCO2 2007/Rank 2007. Malta / 147 / 148 / 3.

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

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The seventeen EU countries that levy passenger car taxes partially or totally based on the car’s carbon dioxide emissions and/or fuel consumption are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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