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Diesel car registrations in Europe in 2017 down 7.9%; SUV sales up 19.5%; AFVs up 46% but share still low

Green Car Congress

Gasoline car registrations benefited from the decline of diesel, growing by 10.9% (+760,000 units) to a 50% market share; SUVs led growth with a record 4.56 The vast majority of market growth in 2017 was driven by SUVs, which posted a record 4.56 Comparatively, SUV registrations in 2016 were just 3.81 higher than in 2016.

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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

Green Car Congress

As expected, the combination of fewer diesel registrations and more SUVs continued to have an impact on emissions. The arrival of the compact SUV C5 Aircross and its higher averages, was outshone by improvements in the gasoline engines of the C3 (-5.1 g/km), C3 Aircross (-4.7), C1 (-4.5). g/km), subcompacts (109.2

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Renault and VW may partner on low-cost BEV minicar

Baua Electric

2024 has so far served up a series of obstacles impacting EV sales, and automakers have been left scrambling. The company said it could then apply these same measures to its other EVs, including the newly launched Renault 5 and the upcoming Renault 4 small SUV.