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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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Compared with 2018, more vans were registered in Lithuania (+25.2%), Greece (+13.7%), Luxembourg (+7.9%) and Germany (+6.6%) while registrations dropped in Iceland (-40.4%), Bulgaria (-35.3%), Malta (-17.2%) and Spain (-17.0%). g CO 2 /km), Malta (140.7 One of the factors affecting the emission increase of 0.5 in 2018 to 1.3%

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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Manufacturers will have to reduce emissions of their fleet significantly to meet the upcoming 2020 and 2021 targets. of the new vans fleet (2.4% Together with Estonia, Finland and Malta, these were the only countries where the average emissions of new cars decreased from 2017 to 2018. grams of CO 2 per kilometer. g CO 2 /km.

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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Thus, in 2013 the European Union fleet already collectively met its legal target for 2015. There were 24,000 electric vehicles registered in 2013, which is a small fraction of the fleet but which represents a 71 % increase on 2012 numbers. People in Malta, Denmark and Greece bought the lightest models on average.

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Growing Number of EU Countries Levying CO2 Taxes on Cars and Incentivizing Plug-ins

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The seventeen EU countries that levy passenger car taxes partially or totally based on the car’s carbon dioxide emissions and/or fuel consumption are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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