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EEA final data shows average car CO2 emissions in Europe kept increasing in 2019

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Moreover, the average mass of new conventional cars, excluding SUV, increased by around 22 kg from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, as in 2018, gasoline cars were the most sold passenger vehicles, constituting 59% of all new registrations. Diesel vehicles constituted 31% of new registrations. g CO 2 /km.

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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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Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

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Following on the introduction of R33 Blue Diesel ( earlier post ), Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen have now developed a low-carbon gasoline. This means a fleet of 1,000 VW Golf VIII 1.5 emissions from the vehicle fleet. R33 Blue Diesel is also becoming available at regular filling stations in Germany.

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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 UK automotive industry warned that the current anti-diesel agenda combined with the ongoing slow take-up of electric vehicles could mean industry misses its next round of CO 2 targets in 2021, with negative consequences for the UK’s own climate change goals. decline in new diesel registrations. less CO 2 than those they replaced.

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CESifo: EVs not the best option for reduction in on-road CO2 in Germany given power mix

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The researchers carried out their calculations based on a Mercedes-Benz C 220 d diesel and the new Tesla Model 3. Electricity production in Germany, 2018. They report that even with today’s technology, total emissions from a combustion engine powered by natural gas are already almost one-third lower than those of a diesel engine.

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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% On average, the CO 2 emissions of diesel cars (127.0 g CO 2 /km in total). grams of CO 2 per kilometer.

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Daimler Trucks & Buses targets completely CO2-neutral fleet of new vehicles by 2039 in Europe, Japan and NAFTA

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The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. The first hand-off to a customer was in 2018. Truly CO 2 -neutral transport only works with battery-electric or hydrogen-based drive.

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