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

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The main factors contributing to the increase of new passenger cars’ emissions in 2018 include the growing share of gasoline cars in new registrations, in particular in the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment. million new cars sold in the EU and in Iceland in 2018—almost one out of three—were SUVs. of sales in 2018.

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

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EEA said that one reason for the increase in car emissions is the growing share of the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment. Gasoline cars were the most sold passenger vehicles, constituting 59% of all new registrations (and 63% including hybrid electric vehicles (HEV)). About 38% of new car registrations were SUVs. g CO 2 /km).

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia. Despite growing at a slower rate than in previous years, the shift from traditional cars to SUVs continued in 2018.

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Skoda’s global sales rise 18.5% in 2023 to 866,800 cars | Autocar Professional

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Klaus Zellmer, Skoda Auto CEO, said: “Growing demand across our model lines confirms our strategy of offering customers their choice of combustion, purely electric and hybrid powertrains during the transition to ever more e-mobility, with an upcoming portfolio of six new all-electric models starting with the Elroq later this year.

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