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1-year customer field trials of FUSO electric Canter in Portugal show 64% lower costs, 37% reduction in CO2 given local power mix

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Daimler has concluded customer field trials with eight pre-production Fuso Canter E-Cell electric trucks ( earlier post ) in Portugal. All eight vehicles travelled the roads of Portugal and were permanently monitored and analyzed during the one-year field trial. The Canter E-Cell trucks were equipped with platforms and box bodies.

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

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g CO 2 /km), Portugal (138.1 Lighter vehicles were registered in and Cyprus, Bulgaria and Portugal (average mass 2 000 kg) in Iceland, Slovakia, Norway and Finland. The average fuel efficiency of new vans varied widely across countries due to the different models and sizes of vehicles registered. g CO 2 /km), Malta (140.7 g CO 2 /km).

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Mitsubishi Fuso to deliver 20 eCanter trucks to Australia Post

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The eCanter for Australia is shipped from Tramagal, Portugal, and comes with the same standard specifications as the models currently available in Japan and Europe. The eCanter is the series-produced all-electric truck developed by MFTBC as a solution to urban environmental issues such as noise, exhaust gas and CO2 emissions.

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

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As in recent years, average emissions were lowest in Portugal (133.7 The average fuel-efficiency of new vans varied widely across Member States due to the different models and sizes of vehicles sold in each country. g CO 2 /km), followed by Bulgaria (134.4 g CO 2 /km) and Cyprus (135.1 g CO 2 /km). g CO 2 /km), the Czech Republic (170.0

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EU formally approves sales ban of combustion engine cars by 2035

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The new EU law will require that all carmakers achieve a 100 percent cut in CO2 emissions by 2035 for all new cars sold, eliminating the possibility that gas or petrol-fueled engines can be sold in any of the 27 countries in the EU. Along with the 2035 ban, the EU plans to cut 55 percent of CO2 emissions for all new cars sold from 2030 on.

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EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

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The countries with the highest proportions of diesel sales included Ireland (65 %) and Portugal (61 %), Italy (56 %). The biggest decrease of diesel cars was registered in Greece and Luxemburg (- 19 and – 17 percentage points). The difference between average fuel efficiency of gasoline cars (121.6 g CO 2 /km ) and diesel cars (117.9

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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, in turn becoming the country with the lowest result in the European Union (this excludes Denmark, Portugal and Finland who can’t be compared to other markets as they published WLTP data rather than NEDC values). The other markets recording large improvements in emissions levels were Sweden and the Netherlands.

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