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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

Green Car Congress

Air pollution. Emissions of regulated air pollutants from vehicles continue to fall across EEA member countries but concentrations remain high in some urban areas. The number of kilometers travelled by passengers in EEA member countries grew by 1% (equivalent to 65 million kilometers) in 2006. —Professor McGlade.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

Green Cars News

The report found that strict new emissions laws are having a strong effect on the availability of cleaner cars, but wealth, motoring taxes, fuel prices and consumer attitudes, which vary wildly from country to country across Europe, have much more of an effect on how clean a car is chosen.&#. Lithuania / 170 / 177 / 21.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

Full pricing is expected to run between $36,000 and $46,000 with deliveries promised to start in 2023. Austria, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Malta also signed up. Alpha plans to offer the Wolf in single-motor, front-wheel-drive and dual-motor, all-wheel-drive configurations. – March 14, via MotorAuthority.

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