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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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2015 target: 130 g CO 2 /km. The average CO 2 emissions level of a new car sold in 2013 was 127 g CO 2 /km; the target for 2015 was 130 g/km. Thus, in 2013 the European Union fleet already collectively met its legal target for 2015. The biggest cars, measured by mass, were bought in Latvia, Sweden and Luxembourg.

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New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs

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per year between 2015 and 2017. A total of 27 countries—including Sweden, Canada and the United Kingdom—saw the fuel economy of their fleets stagnate or worsen from 2015 to 2017. Improvements in fuel consumption slowed in advanced economies to an average of just 0.2% L ge /100 km.

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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Within the EU28 the trends vary between countries with decreases of 6% for the UK and Bulgaria and of 3% for Greece and Spain, while increases of 5% in Ireland and Denmark and of 4% in Sweden and Finland occurred. Since 2015, the EU’s CO 2 emissions have stabilized, representing 9.6% Other greenhouse gases keep creeping up.

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Frost Sullivan Projects That About 80% of European Vehicle Sales Will Be in the 150 g/km CO2 Band by 2015; EVs as a Strategy of Premium Automakers

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A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015. Hariher Balasubramanian.

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New zeolites more effective at removal of CO2 from gas mixtures

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Researchers from South Korea, the UK and Sweden have identified and prepared a new family of zeolites—crystalline aluminosilicates with frameworks that contain windows and cavities the size of small molecules—that can separate out carbon dioxide more effectively from fuel gases than those previously known.

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Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

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The final diesel-powered model was an XC90, a large SUV with a turbocharged inline 2-liter four-cylinder engine, which rolled off its production line yesterday in Torslanda, Sweden. Next year, the EU is tightening its restrictions with a 15% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2025 for both cars and vans.

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Ford doubles German production capacity of 1.0L EcoBoost to 1,000 units per day

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Ford of Europe has previously announced plans to triple annual production of vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 by 2015, from 141,000 in 2011. liter EcoBoost that will be the first non-hybrid gasoline-powered family car in Europe to offer 99 g/km CO2 emissions. Earlier post.)

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