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Volkswagen, Land Rover, among those paying millions in fines for missing CO2 targets

Baua Electric

European automakers including Volkswagen and Jaguar Land Rover had to pay $552 million in fines for missing CO2 emission targets in 2020, the first year new regulations were put in place, according to a new report. From Automotive News Europe : Suzuki missed its target by 10.4 grams per km. From 2030-34, the figure will be 49.5

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EEA data show most automakers must reduce emissions to meet European 2015 CO2 regulations

Green Car Congress

While most car manufacturers have already met their individual 2012 CO 2 targets for Europe, several carmakers need to make their fleets even more carbon-efficient to meet the 2012 target, according to updated data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

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Global Automakers calls on EPA to withdraw proposed determination on MY 2022-2025 GHG standards, get back in alignment with NHTSA, provide more time

Green Car Congress

The final standards are projected to result in an average industry fleet-wide level of 163 grams/mile of CO2 in model year 2025, which is equivalent to 54.5 Earlier post.). l/100 km), if achieved exclusively through fuel economy improvements.

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Electric vehicles sales & charging stations need in India

Electric Vehicles India

The 2018 Auto Expo in Delhi alone saw over 50 new electric vehicles being showcased by OEMs such as Tata, Mahindra, Hero Electric, Maruti Suzuki and several other new players. That will save net reduction of Exajoules of energy and 846 million tonnes of CO2 emissions over the deployed vehicles lifetime.

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Mixed results for carmakers in race to slash emissions

Green Cars News

per cent reductions to the average CO2 emissions for cars sold in Europe in 2008. A new European law setting binding targets for average CO2 emissions was agreed at the end of last year. But what is actually happening is that carmakers are seeing how far they have to cut and changing their fleets accordingly.”.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

Green Cars News

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. Asian carmakers are still outperforming their Euorpean and American counterparts in environmental sustainability, a new report finds.

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2020 Electric Vehicle Industry Report Card and trends for the new year

Plug In India

And 2020 was not good for Electric car fleet companies. Food-delivery startups Swiggy and Zomato ​ plan to switch at least 10 percent of their delivery fleets, mostly two-wheelers, to electric in 2021. Shared mobility and Scooter rental firms like Bounce and Vogo expect to transition towards a 100% EV fleets by end of 2021.

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