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EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

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According to the EEA’s provisional data, the average emissions of new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom in 2020 were 107.8 New car emissions were increasing as recently as two years ago, but the sharp drop last year shows that carmakers respond to CO2 standards. This was 14.5

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

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2 -emissions-from-new-cars-vans-2019">According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), increased in 2019, for the third consecutive year. g CO 2 /km—0.5 in 2018 to 1.3%

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Auto sales drop to new low in Norway

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Norway saw plugin electric vehicles take 76.3% For example, petrol-only vehicles (with relatively high CO2 emissions) are now taxed much higher in Norway. For the midsized SUVs that Norway favours, the additional outlay is roughly 8% to 10%, or more. The post Auto sales drop to new low in Norway first appeared on ?PushEVs.

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DB Schenker expands its electric fleet with 36 new FUSO eCanter vehicles

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This announcement represents the biggest eCanter fleet deal to date and I would like to thank DB Schenker for their continued trust in FUSO on our shared mission towards CO2-neutral transportation. DB Schenker will use the all-electric light-duty trucks with an output of 129 kW and a payload of up to 3.2

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Daimler Trucks & Buses targets completely CO2-neutral fleet of new vehicles by 2039 in Europe, Japan and NAFTA

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Daimler Trucks has been gaining experience with electric trucks since 2010 and since 2017 has had its first small series-produced all-electric truck on the market and in customers’ hands: the Fuso eCanter light-duty truck. eCitaro vehicles were also delivered to Luxembourg and Switzerland.

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How Shipping Carbon Dioxide Could Boost Carbon Capture

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Mitsubishi might be the first to float its ship, but the Norwegian project Northern Lights , slated to be operational by 2024, will be the biggest and first cross-border CO 2 transport and storage network. By 2024, Northern Lights aims to transport and store about 0.8 By 2024, Northern Lights aims to transport and store about 0.8

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Volvo Cars’ 90 Series cars receive powertrain, safety and connectivity updates including Android Auto

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A new automatic 6-speed transmission coupled to the D3 will deliver 114 g/km CO2 and 4.3 Volvo Cars is also delivering two new connected safety systems that will make their debut in the XC90, S90 and V90: Slippery Road Alert and Hazard Light Alert which use the cloud to share safety-critical data between cars. l/100 km (54.7

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