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

Green Car Congress

A total of 27 countries—including Sweden, Canada and the United Kingdom—saw the fuel economy of their fleets stagnate or worsen from 2015 to 2017. A key driver of the recent developments of the average fuel consumption include the rapid decline of diesel sales in several major vehicle markets, most notably in Europe.

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Pike Research forecasts hybrids and plug-ins to grow to 4% of European market in 2020

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Pike Research forecasts that electric vehicles—conventional hybrids (HEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and battery-electrics (BEVs)—will grow from 0.7% The biggest growth is expected in BEVs followed by PHEVs, with HEVs lagging behind. million PHEVs and 1.7 million PHEVs and 1.7 million HEVs. million HEVs.

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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. in 2018 to 1.3% g CO 2 /km).

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

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Registrations increased in all EU Member States except Finland, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Diesel cars made up 45% of the new registrations. Compared to 2016, the registrations of diesel cars decreased in all EU Member States except in Italy (+0.6 g CO 2 /km ) and diesel cars (117.9 percentage point).

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

Green Car Congress

Diesel vehicles constituted 36% of the new registrations, marking a drop of 9 percentage points from 2017, and 19 percentage points from 2011 when diesel cars peaked with a 55% share of new registrations. On average, the CO 2 emissions of diesel cars (121.5 g CO 2 /km) are now very close to those of gasoline cars (123.4

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Driving Dystopia: Pickup Sales Are Probably Going to Decline in the UK

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But things aren’t quite as simple as that in the United Kingdom. litre diesel engine has a basic list price of £47,220 including VAT. But no automaker yet sells a car capable of doing that, meaning most PHEVs will be subjected to rates in excess of 8 percent. percent] market share in 2023.

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How is the transition to EVs coming along in Europe?

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In June, lawmakers from across the EU voted to ban the sale of all new gasoline and diesel cars by 2035 , bringing them closer to their goal of cutting emissions from light-duty vehicles across the bloc. There are currently over 330,000 public charging stations in the EU, compared with just under 120,000 ports in the United States.

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