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New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs

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Vehicle fuel economy improvements have slowed globally, according to the latest report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI): Fuel Economy In Major Car Markets: Technology And Policy Drivers 2005-2017. Overall, global fuel economy has improved by an average of 1.7% SUVs now represent nearly 40% of the global LDV market.

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London and Paris launch car scoring initiative based on real-world emissions; ICCT the technical lead

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The initiative announced today by Paris and London is supported by The Real Urban Emissions (TRUE) Project, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the FIA Foundation, and the Joshua and Anita Bekenstein Charitable Fund. Some diesel cars that meet the latest Euro 6 standards in reality release more NO x than a modern heavy duty truck.

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ITF study finds limited environmental and safety impacts of car fleet renewal schemes in US, France and Germany

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imposing a type-approval CO 2 limit for new cars and retiring very old gross-emitters, but that may have led to a very high share of new diesel vehicles, which strongly. there may have been a case for differentiated incentives for gasoline and diesel. vehicles due to the monetized NO x impacts of diesels. The German.

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