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New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

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The number of EVs on the road versus internal combustion engine vehicles – EV fleet share. The bottom overall countries in the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index: (21) Italy (22) United Kingdom (23) Hungary (24) Romania (25) Ireland (26) Poland (27) Lithuania (28) Greece (29) Malta (30) Cyprus. Methodology.

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

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Compared to other cars in the same segment, SUVs are typically heavier and have more powerful engines and larger frontal areas – all features that increase fuel consumption. g CO 2 /km), Malta (140.7 The difference of 0.6 g CO 2 /km was the lowest observed since the beginning of the monitoring. in 2018 to 1.3% g CO 2 /km).

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

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Many factors affected the increase in CO 2 emissions from new vans in 2018, including an increase in the mass, engine capacity and size of the vehicles. Compared to cars in similar segment, SUVs are typically heavier and have more powerful engines and larger frontal areas—all features that increase fuel consumption. In 2018, 1.66

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Honda targets new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency with 8,500-mile diesel drive across Europe

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i-DTEC diesel engined Honda Civic Tourer. i-DTEC engine provides 120 PS (118 hp, 88 kW) of power and 300 N·m (221 lb-ft) of torque, 62 mpg US (3.8 i-DTEC engine to out-perform its quoted fuel efficiency in real-world driving conditions consistently. In the Civic Tourer, the 1.6

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New cars sold in Europe in 2011 were 3.3% more fuel efficient than those sold in 2010; increasing diesel uptake

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A combination of changes in buying behavior, improved technology and engine efficiency was mostly responsible for this reduction, according to EEA analysis. Nonetheless, engine capacity, measured in cm 3 , has decreased by 5% compared to 2007. The average CO 2 emissions for these cars was 135.7 grams CO 2 per kilometer, which is 4.6g

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ICCT study examines current & projected use of heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping; growth in BC emissions points to need for policies

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The majority of HFO carriage in the Geographic Arctic is attributable to ships flagged to non-Arctic states with major ship registries like Panama, the Marshall Islands, Liberia, Malta, and the Bahamas. This points to the need for an international standard on HFO use and carriage at the IMO, the authors said. —Comer et al.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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The ship’s captain stopped the engines, and the aircraft flashed its lights at the rubber boat. Instead, Maltese authorities told the ship’s captain to wait for vessels from Malta to pick up the migrants. Athanasios Kapoutsis , an engineering researcher on the team. But neither the ship nor the aircraft came to the rescue.

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