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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

Green Car Congress

Pure electric cars have a 2% market share in France, this being the highest share among all five major markets. France is therefore leading the way in showing how electric cars can have a measurable impact on emissions levels, despite their adoption still lagging behind diesel and gasoline counterparts. —Felipe Munoz.

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Toyota Prius named WhatGreenCar of the Year

Green Cars News

The 10 cars up for contention for the 2009 Award included: the Citroen C1 ev’ie electric, Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric, Toyota iQ, Ford Fiesta ECOnetic, third-generation Toyota Prius hybrid, Volvo S40/V50 DRIVe start-stop, new Honda Insight hybrid, VW Passat BlueMotion 2, BMW 318d saloon, and the Citroen C3 Picasso compact-MPV.

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Test drive the C-Zero at Brighton Festival Fringe

Green Cars News

Citroen is offering lucky attendees to this year’s Brighton Festival Fringe the chance to test drive the new C-Zero-the car maker’s first all-electric car. On sale now, the C-Zero, based on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, is designed to offer an environmentally considerate, urban transport solution.

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