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Germany December 2020

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The German automotive market has opened the flood gates to plugin vehicles, with December setting yet another record month, with a little less than 83,000 units, PEVs scored an amazing 27% share (14% BEV) in December, making Germany the largest PEV market outside China, beating even the USA by a wide margin (394k vs 330k). in Germany.

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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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g/km, almost half that produced by diesel and petrol vehicles. Average emissions for Germany, Britain, Italy, and Spain increased, ranging from a rise of 0.8 g/km for Germany to an increase of 3.0 Average emissions for Germany, Britain, Italy, and Spain increased, ranging from a rise of 0.8 —Felipe Munoz.

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BMW: “We don’t cheat”; diesel is needed to hit CO2 targets; call for WLTP and RDE

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Meeting future requirements will not be feasible without diesel drive trains, since a diesel engine emits roughly 15 to 20% less CO 2 on average than a comparable petrol engine. At BMW, diesel vehicles accounted for 38% of vehicles sold worldwide last year: Europe 80%; Germany 73%; US 6%. This represents approx.

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Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

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Methanol is a petrol and not suitable as a diesel fuel component, but can be dehydrated to form dimethyl ether (DME) with a high cetane number. Through the FVV—the leading forum for joint research projects on engine technology in Germany—the project findings will be shared with key-players within the automotive industry.

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JATO warns of widening disparity between WLTP correlated NEDC values and existing NEDC data

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Due to increased test numbers, JATO has a larger and more robust sample of vehicles from which to calculate the volume-weighted impact on NEDC-correlated CO2 values under WLTP testing. The industry is approaching a deadline in September when WLTP testing will apply to all new car production.

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Ford doubles German production capacity of 1.0L EcoBoost to 1,000 units per day

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Ford Motor Company is doubling the production capacity of its Cologne, Germany, engine plant to produce more than 1,000 units per day of the 1.0-L Ford of Europe has previously announced plans to triple annual production of vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 by 2015, from 141,000 in 2011.

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Audi A3 Gtron goes on sale

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The Audi A3 Gtron (pictured) has now gone on advance sale across its home country in Germany. Described as CO2 neutral in pure e-gas mode, the vehicle comes with a 1.4litre TFSI engine that can develop 81kW and can be operated with either natural gas or petrol. The vehicle is seen as part of an in[.].

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