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Volkswagen, Land Rover, among those paying millions in fines for missing CO2 targets

Baua Electric

European automakers including Volkswagen and Jaguar Land Rover had to pay $552 million in fines for missing CO2 emission targets in 2020, the first year new regulations were put in place, according to a new report. From Automotive News Europe : Suzuki missed its target by 10.4 FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Global SUV trend may soon see a shift. Here’s why

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g/km CO2 remains significantly higher than that of smaller vehicle categories. RC Bhargava, Chairman of Maruti Suzuki India, had earlier emphasised the importance of revitalising the entry-level vehicle segment for sustained growth in the automotive industry. Maruti Suzuki anticipates a potential plateau in demand for SUVs in 2024.

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Maruti Suzuki targets sales of 6 lakh CNG vehicles in FY-25 | Autocar Professional

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As part of its strategy to push alternative fuels on the path to reducing carbon footprint, Maruti Suzuki is looking to sell over 6 lakh CNG vehicles in FY-25. Speaking to media persons post Q4 FY-, R C Bhargava, chairman of Maruti Suzuki will continue to push on CNG sales across the value chain. lakh units sales in FY-24. lakh units.

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Electric vehicles sales & charging stations need in India

Electric Vehicles India

The 2018 Auto Expo in Delhi alone saw over 50 new electric vehicles being showcased by OEMs such as Tata, Mahindra, Hero Electric, Maruti Suzuki and several other new players. That will save net reduction of Exajoules of energy and 846 million tonnes of CO2 emissions over the deployed vehicles lifetime.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

Green Cars News

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. FIAT Auto consistently falls behind throughout the entire review period.

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2020 Electric Vehicle Industry Report Card and trends for the new year

Plug In India

It's now up-to the auto industry to launch more EV's. Watch our discussion on Delhi EV policy Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries are way to go for India This year we saw a dramatic shift by auto OEM's to use Lithium batteries and phase out Lead acid batteries in electric autos, scooters and more.

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Maruti's anti EV & anti India policy : Keep selling pollution cars

Plug In India

According to the article from AutoCarIndia, Shashank Srivastava, executive director - marketing and sales, Maruti Suzuki, doesn’t see a case for introducing an EV yet. Mahindra Electric’s vehicles had completed 250 million km oil and emission fee transportation which saved 25,000 metric tons of CO2. As they are terrible.