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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU) in 2018 increased for the second consecutive year, reaching 120.4 g CO 2 /km in 2018. Vans registered in the EU and Iceland in 2018 emitted on average 158.1

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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After a steady decline from 2010 to 2016 of almost 22 grams of CO 2 per kilometer (g CO 2 /km), average emissions from new passenger cars increased in 2017 and in 2018 (by 2.8 g/km more than in 2018. in 2018 to 1.3% g CO 2 /km) are now very close to those of gasoline cars (127.6 g CO 2 /km in total). g CO 2 /km—0.5

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

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g/km higher than in 2018, the delta was lower than the difference between the 2017 and 2018 results—where the growth was 2.4 Four of the five major markets in Europe posted higher averages in 2019 than in 2018. g/km in 2018 to 111.1 In 2018, for every BEV registered there were 2.3 —Felipe Munoz.

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Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

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A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Their study is published in the journal Nature. —de Rubens et al.

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Euro car market has best H1 of century; diesels down 17%; AFVs up 31% for 5.4% of total; SUVs booming

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The diesel crisis certainly affected the speed of growth in the market, but consumers are overcoming this by turning to more attractive gasoline and AFV solutions. The diesel decline continued during the first six months of 2018, as registrations were down by 17%. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. of total registrations.

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Volvo’s Polestar 1 PHEV makes European debut; pre-orders open 13 March

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The combustion engine in the Polestar 1 is a high-performance supercharged and turbocharged gasoline in-line four-cylinder engine. A triple battery pack layout provides 34 kWh of storage. The mechanically driven supercharger adds torque from low-to-medium engine speeds together with the turbocharger up to 3500 rpm.

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