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SUVs are getting wider, outgrowing roads and parking spaces in these countries

Baua Electric

Interestingly, while the world of automobiles is thriving towards zero-emission mobility by introducing various cleaner and greener powertrain technologies, the rising demand and sales of fossil-fuel-run SUVs are offsetting the benefits coming from electric vehicles and other cleaner fuels.

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T&E: VW sells least polluting Euro 6 diesels in Europe; no brand meets Euro 6 in real-world driving; loopholes & defeat strategies

Green Car Congress

Among the real-world findings per car brand: Fiat and Suzuki diesel cars on average exceed the NO x limit by 15 times; Renault-Nissan vehicles by more than 14 times; General Motors’ brands Opel/Vauxhall by 10 times; and. million) and Belgium (1.4 Volkswagen by 2 times. The largest number of such diesels is found on French roads (5.5

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London taxis to be fueled by UK’s first network of hydrogen stations

Green Car Congress

A new project will soon see 15 hydrogen-powered London black-cabs and five hydrogen-powered Suzuki Bergmann scooters carrying passengers around the city. HyRaMP , Belgium. Centre of excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies (CENEX) , UK. Element Energy Ltd , UK. LTI Vehicles , UK. Greater London Authority , UK.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

Green Cars News

The report found that strict new emissions laws are having a strong effect on the availability of cleaner cars, but wealth, motoring taxes, fuel prices and consumer attitudes, which vary wildly from country to country across Europe, have much more of an effect on how clean a car is chosen.&#. Belgium / 148 / 153 / 5. Suzuki / 9 / 156.

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