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Diesel market share in Europe drops below 50%; offset by increased gasoline engine sales; implications for climate targets

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of new car registrations in the first half of 2017, according to the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). One will provide the traditional benefits of efficiency and fuel economy, as in the current offer. Diesel’s market share in the EU-15 fell from 50.2%

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European automakers and fuel suppliers argue for diesel as they call on policy makers to accelerate fleet renewal

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Diesel cars, having significantly lower CO 2 emissions per kilometer, are essential to manufacturers’ efforts to reach the EU’s 2021 CO 2 fleet average targets and thereby help reduce road transport CO 2 emissions and mitigate climate change. Such measures make no sense from an environmental point of view. —from the joint letter.

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NHTSA Sets MY 2011 CAFE Standards; Estimates Industry-Wide 27.3 mpg

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The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has set the model year 2011 CAFE standards, which it estimates will raise the industry-wide combined light-duty vehicle fuel economy average to 27.3 mpg, save 887 million gallons of fuel over the lifetime of the MY 2011 cars and light trucks, and reduce CO 2 emissions by 8.3

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Comedy CAFE Clowns Crack Me Up

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They sold out our climate so they could line their pockets and they’ve still got their hands out of their limo windows. All I ever heard them do was badmouth the small Honda car I drive and complain about CAFE fuel economy standards. “A nightmare scenario for automakers,&# the Bird Cage Liner calls it. Guess what?

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