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Iveco to deliver first 50 Stralis LNG Euro VI vehicles to LC3

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Natural gas reduces particulate emissions 95% in comparison to diesel, as well as NO x by 35%. Furthermore, these vehicles make it possible to reduce vehicle emissions of CO2 from 10% up to 100% if using bio-methane. Lastly, the gas Iveco is about 5 decibels more quiet than diesel.

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JATO: new car CO2 emissions rise for the first time in a decade in Europe; diesel down, gasoline up, SUVs up

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In comparison, the market share of hybrid vehicles increased by one percentage point. Diesel demand fell by double-digits in Germany and the UK, and in France and Spain it fell by 5.4% g/km in 2016 to 133.0 g/km in 2017, SUVs contributed to the overall increase of average CO 2 emissions in Europe. respectively.

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Ford poll finds Europeans want freedom of car ownership, but worry about traffic, cost of driving, environment

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6,028 people were questioned across six European countries; Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. By comparison, 66% of those polled have owned a gasoline engine vehicle and 38% have owned a diesel engine vehicle. It is targeting improved traffic flow and reductions in CO2 emissions through cooperative systems.

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Frost Sullivan Projects That About 80% of European Vehicle Sales Will Be in the 150 g/km CO2 Band by 2015; EVs as a Strategy of Premium Automakers

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The countries covered in this research service are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. European automakers are striving to comply with EU CO 2 norms (average fleet emissions less than 130 g/km by 2015) to avoid penalties. (As

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