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EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

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The provisional data are available through the EEA’s data viewer on CO 2 emissions of new cars and new vans. Since 2017, the new Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) has been put in place with the objective to gradually replace the outdated New European Driving Cycle (NEDC). in 2019 to about 2.3%

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

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Because sources such as wind and solar have no fuel costs, when available, they are the first sources dispatched to meet electricity demand. In 2019, the transportation sector’s energy-related CO2 emissions declined by 0.7% Source: US Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review.

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UK auto industry warns anti-diesel agenda and slow uptake of EVs could mean missing 2021 CO2 targets; rising CO2 average in 2017

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The warning came as a new report published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) confirmed that the fleet average CO 2 of newly registered cars rose for the first time in 2017, despite vehicles becoming ever more efficient. in 2017 to 119,821 units. of the overall new car market in 2017.

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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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All but three European car manufacturers met their specific emission targets in 2017, based on current European vehicle test rules. Nevertheless, average carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars sold in the European Union in 2017 rose by 0.4g g CO 2 /km in 2017 to 118.5 The average new van registered in 2017 emitted 156.1

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JATO: European new car CO2 emissions highest average since 2014; shift from diesel to gasoline and SUVs rise

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The analysis covered 23 markets in Europe and found a direct correlation between diesel car registrations and average CO2 emissions. The introduction of WLTP in September 2018 has been a challenge for the market, as a large number of available vehicles had not been homologated yet. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst.

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GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

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Initial scaling is efficiently applied to available concentrated, hot sources of CO 2 , such as eliminating the CO 2 emission from industrial smoke stacks and simultaneously forming valuable CNT wool. Together these principal societal staples, when produced from CO 2 , comprise an ample demand to markedly decrease atmospheric carbon.

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Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

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The average in-use emissions were calculated as 46 g CO2 per kilometer, accounting for the consumption of both fuels. Methanol which is produced with CRI’s method is one of the most environmentally friendly liquid fuels available today. The association was officially launched by the founding partners in Brussels on November 30, 2017.

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