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

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The European Commission will confirm whether individual manufacturers or pools have met their own specific annual targets, which are based on the average mass of the cars registered. New car emissions were increasing as recently as two years ago, but the sharp drop last year shows that carmakers respond to CO2 standards.

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BNEF: net-zero road transport by 2050 still possible, but big push needed

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The road transport sector could still reach net-zero emissions by 2050 through electrification, but urgent action would be required from policymakers and industry participants, according to research company BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) latest annual Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO). million sold in 2021 to 21 million in 2025.

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Plug-in hybrids emit many times the claimed CO2, test suggests

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Plug-in hybrids may emit more carbon dioxide (CO2) than their manufacturers claimed, even when fully charged, European environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E) claims. T&E recently tested current-generation plug-in hybrid versions of the BMW 3 Series, Peugeot 308, and Renault Megane.

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Volvo Cars switches to biodiesel for ocean freight; cutting fossil CO2 emissions by 84%

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Volvo will use renewable fuel for inbound ocean container transports of production material destined for manufacturing plants based in Europe and the Americas, as well as all spare parts distribution made globally by ocean container transports. No feedstock related to palm oil or palm oil production is used.

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thyssenkrupp Steel supplies low-CO2 bluemint steel for truck wheels for first time

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These are all emissions that occur during the production and transport of the input materials. thyssenkrupp already offers its customers CO2-reduced and certified steels on the basis of its tkH2Steel transformation concept. This enables less coal to be used for the reduction process, resulting in reduced emissions. metric tons, to 0.6

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EEA final data shows average car CO2 emissions in Europe kept increasing in 2019

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Most car manufacturers met their individual binding CO 2 emission targets for fleets of newly registered passenger cars in 2019. CO2/km, which is about 7 % above the 2020 target of 147 g CO 2 /km. for the transport of one tone of goods over one kilometer). Electric vehicles constituted 3.5% of new car registrations in 2019.

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Schneider taking delivery of 92 Class 8 eCascadia electric trucks

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Schneider, a premier multimodal provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services, will soon begin taking delivery of 92 Class 8 battery-electric Freightliner e-Cascadia trucks ( earlier post ) at its intermodal operations in Southern California. by 2025 and 60% by 2035.