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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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At group level, Nissan Group, Renault Group, Mitsubishi and Suzuki posted average emissions lower than the total market’s average of 121.8 g/km), C3 Aircross (-4.7), C1 (-4.5). Along with Lexus brand, Toyota posted an average of 99.0 g/km of CO 2 in 2019, 14.3 g/km less than the next best in the ranking, PSA.

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Arup outfits 2 electric C1s with HaloIPT wireless charging system for Ultra-Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator competition

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Mitsubishi completed the first part of the CABLED project last December, following 12-month trials of 25 i-MiEVs. Additional vehicles in the trials include the Tata Indica Vista, the smart fortwo electric drive, Jaguar Land Rover’s Range_e and hydrogen urban cars from Micro:cab.

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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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Test drive the C-Zero at Brighton Festival Fringe

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On sale now, the C-Zero, based on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, is designed to offer an environmentally considerate, urban transport solution. Citroen is offering lucky attendees to this year’s Brighton Festival Fringe the chance to test drive the new C-Zero-the car maker’s first all-electric car.

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