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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

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Pure electric cars have a 2% market share in France, this being the highest share among all five major markets. France is therefore leading the way in showing how electric cars can have a measurable impact on emissions levels, despite their adoption still lagging behind diesel and gasoline counterparts. —Felipe Munoz.

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Singapore introducing stiff new feebate scheme for low carbon cars

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To help car buyers make informed decisions, the CO2/km performance data for each car model is available on mandatory Fuel Economy Label (FEL) information labels affixed on cars that are on sale in showrooms. 101 to 120. 121 to 140. 141 to 160. 161 to 210. 211 to 230. 231 to 250. 251 to 270. 271 and above.

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Citroen electric to feature in green fleet

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The new zero emission vehicle from Citroen - the C1 ev’ie - will feature in Green Motion’s fleet the company has announced. The world’s first and only low carbon dioxide (CO2) car and van hire company announced its intention to include the vehicle in its line-up after it was launched at the Lancaster Hotel in Hyde Park.

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Toyota Prius named WhatGreenCar of the Year

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The 10 cars up for contention for the 2009 Award included: the Citroen C1 ev’ie electric, Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric, Toyota iQ, Ford Fiesta ECOnetic, third-generation Toyota Prius hybrid, Volvo S40/V50 DRIVe start-stop, new Honda Insight hybrid, VW Passat BlueMotion 2, BMW 318d saloon, and the Citroen C3 Picasso compact-MPV.

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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Existing technologies can efficiently capture CO2 by converting it into simple chemicals such as formate (via electroreduction) and ethanol (via fermentation)—molecules that could become carbon-neutral feedstocks to replace petroleum-derived fuels and chemicals. INvizyne Technologies, Inc. ZymoChem, Inc., University of Washington.

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