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All Western European Countries Will Have CO2-Related Car Taxation This Year; European Auto Industry Urges Harmonization of Schemes

Green Car Congress

The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation rose to 15 in 2008. In most Central and Eastern European countries, the main concern of policy makers remains to reduce the level of old vehicles on the streets with pollutant emission standards of below Euro 3. ACEA provides an overview of the CO 2 -based vehicle taxes here.

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Tula study shows electrified DSF for LDV mild hybrid diesels reduces CO2 emissions by up to 11%

Green Car Congress

When Tula’s software strategies were implemented, an additional 11% of CO2 was eliminated compared to industry-leading hybrid powertrains. FEV, an international engineering partner to the auto industry, joined forces with Tula to develop this study. Scott Bailey, president and CEO of Tula Technologies.

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European auto industry proposes further 20% cut in passenger car CO2 by 2030 from 2021; conditional on EV uptake and infrastructure; no ZEV mandate

Green Car Congress

Our industry is committed to being part of the solution when it comes to decarbonizing road transport, while at the same time reducing pollutant emissions. Modern diesel vehicles now can deliver very low pollutant emissions on the road under the new real driving emissions (RDE) test that came into effect earlier this month.

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T&E concludes that diesel cars emit more CO2 on a full lifecycle basis than gasoline cars

Green Car Congress

This is because the auto industry could not be fully responsible for their targets otherwise. We would not design regulations to combine different environmental issues and keep CO 2 and air pollution regulations separate. Until then fuels and vehicles should be regulated separately.

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Europe Accelerates EV Adoption with Policy Updates

Driivz

While congestion pricing has been a useful tactic at reducing overwhelming traffic in major cities, secondary fees for “ultra-low emission zones” have also been introduced, such as those that remain in effect in London, to penalize the most polluting cars in an effort to improve air quality, according to Bloomberg.

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German Battery, German Electric Car?

Plugs and Cars

The German government has opposed the strictest CO2 emission proposals in the EU, in order to protect their domestic, comparatively more polluting, auto industry. The Norwegians have a host of EV positive initiatives. But the Germans, for all their green reputation, remain laggards. An electric VW, say a Plug-in UP!

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Report: EV factories may be leading utilities to dirtier decisions

Baua Electric

Anticipated demand from the auto industry—as well as solar-panel manufacturing and data centers—is leading utilities to forecast single-digit percentage growth every year through the end of the decade in some regions, according to report.

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