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

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2 -emissions-from-new-cars-vans-2019">According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), increased in 2019, for the third consecutive year. g CO 2 /km in 2019, reaching 122.4

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JRC report assesses R&I in low-emission alternative energy for transport (ALT) in Europe; €2.3B spent from 2007-2020

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The analysis focuses on selected EU-funded projects from TRIMIS with end dates from 2019 onwards. methane-based fuels and LPG), but they have a limited overall environmental advantage over conventional fuels (gasoline and diesel). The fuels with the highest economic potential are already on the market (e.g. Ortega Hortelano, A.,

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Tesla Model 3 Europe’s best-selling pure EV in February in its first full month on the market

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Overall, the European car market registered its sixth consecutive month of decline in February 2019, as 1.14 Volkswagen led the model rankings with the Golf, which saw a decline in its gasoline registrations (-18%), but an increase in its diesel registrations (+8%). million vehicles were registered.

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Refineries in the Americas produce a greater share of gasoline per barrel of crude oil than refineries in other world regions

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In the Americas, gasoline accounted for just above 40% of the products refined from petroleum in 2019, while in Europe and Asia Oceania, gasoline was less than 20%. The International Energy Agency’s Monthly Oil Statistics shows that there are differences in refinery output throughout the world. US DOE.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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In 2019, Willem-Alexander, king of the Netherlands, presided over the installation of a bidirectional charging station in Utrecht. Here the king [middle] is shown with Robin Berg [left], founder of We Drive Solar, and Jerôme Pannaud [right], Renault's general manager for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

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