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EEA: Fuel efficiency improvements of new cars in Europe slowed in 2016

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Registrations increased in all EU Member States except in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Slovenia. For the second successive year, the share of diesel vehicle sales declined and in 2016 fell below 50% of new sales—the lowest share of new sales since 2009 according to the official statistics.

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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 fuel type accounted for just 37% of the total market—its lowest share since 2001. Diesel’s biggest declines took place in Norway (-32%), the UK (-30%), Slovenia (-28%), Finland (-20%) and Belgium (-20%). It also recorded more registrations of its alternative fuel types, which counted for 6% of its total volume.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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Unintended environmental consequences derived from developing alternative fuels should be considered (e.g. states with fossil fuel car bans in place. In 2020, 70 per cent of new vehicle sales in Norway were EV. and China, it expects half of its sales to be EVs by that time frame. . around land use). In the U.S.