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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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In addition to the European car market recording tepid growth in 2019, CO 2 emissions have continued to increase, despite new regulation designed to curtail this, according to JATO Dynamics. Last year, the volume-weighted average CO 2 emissions for European markets were at their highest recorded levels since 2014. —Felipe Munoz.

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Neste joins eFuel Alliance

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The eFuel Alliance is based in Berlin and Brussels and brings together companies and organizations that share the goal of establishing and promoting power- and bio-based synthetic fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. Throughout the world, more than 1.3

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China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

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According to the WRI’s analysis, above, Iceland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and China are the leading EV adopters after Norway. The group’s member states are “working together to enable 100 percent zero-emission new truck and bus sales by 2040 with an interim goal of 30 percent zero-emission vehicle sales by 2030.” degrees C (2.7

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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

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In 2022, there were only 24 EV car fires in Sweden, representing 0.004 percent of battery-powered cars there. In Sweden, where battery EVs and hybrids already represent 40 percent of new cars sold, the numbers reveal an even more pronounced trend. For cars running on gasoline or diesel fuel, the fire rate was 0.08

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JATO: electrified vehicles 13% of new car reg in Europe in January 2020; electrified vehicles only growth-driver

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This steep reduction was in large part caused by the last-minute purchases made in December, due to the impending introduction of the new CO 2 emissions regulation. Europe demonstrated that the widespread adoption of EVs is increasingly feasible, and will become a likely reality once the cars become more affordable.

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VW gets into a price war with Tesla in Europe

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Belgium and Sweden will also see revised vehicles and lower prices. But delaying the production of an affordable EV could be a risky move that could VW back even further as Tesla and BYD gain momentum. But those numbers need to quickly improve if Europe is to meet its emissions goals. million in 2022. million in 2025.

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April 2023 – Plug-in car market share continues to grow in Norway

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Although these introduced some BEV taxes for the first time, mostly falling on heavy and expensive BEV models, taxes fell harder still on vehicles with CO2 emissions. PHEVs, with their middling emissions ratings, are taxed somewhere in between. December should see closer to 95% than 90%, for the first time.

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