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EEA report suggests road charges for heavy-duty goods vehicles should reflect varied health effects of pollution in different countries

Green Car Congress

Diesel, used by most HGVs, causes more air pollution per kilometer than other fuels such as petrol. Exhaust emissions from diesel engines were recently labelled as carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Costs are also high in Luxemburg, Germany, Romania, Italy and Austria, at around €0.08/km

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Hybrids shine as EU new-car market sees summer growth

Baua Electric

Meanwhile, the Czech Republic (up 8.5%), Romania (up 7.9%), Austria (up 7.6%) and Denmark (up 2.5%) also increased volumes. Austria (up 6.8%), the Czech Republic (up 3.8% ) and Portugal (up 3.8%) also recorded an improvement. The gap to petrol shortened too, going from 11.8pp one year ago to 5.5pp. respectively. respectively.

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Used car residual values slump further in Europe during November

Baua Electric

The average value retained by a three-year-old car at 60,000km suffered significant year-on-year declines in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Percentage RV slumps The two biggest %RV drops were seen in Austria and the UK. days, petrol vehicles at 71.3 The former posted an %RV of 47.7% in November.

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EU new-car market suffers worst performance in over two years

Baua Electric

Portugal (down 9.4%), Austria (down 8.9%), Czech Republic (down 8.7%), Denmark (down 5.1%) and the Netherlands (down 0.4%) also endured decreases. Italy saw registrations fall by 40.9%, followed by Finland (down 32.7%), Sweden (down 30.6%), Ireland (down 29.5%), Spain (down 24.8%), Austria (down 21.4%) and Portugal (down 19%).

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Used car RVs forecast to fall further by end of 2024

Baua Electric

Demand for used passenger cars is failing to keep up with supply, particularly in Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Austria and Switzerland saw only marginal adjustments in their RV expectations, while France and the UK held their forecasts. days and petrol vehicles at 66.4 The outlook in Spain now sits at a 2.3%

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No major improvement for EU new-car market in October

Baua Electric

This included Hungary (up 19.1%), Poland (up 17.6%), Austria (up 16.5%), the Netherlands (up 13.7%) and Portugal (up 10.3%). Many carmakers have begun adding this powertrain to their range in place of pure petrol models. This means the supply of pure petrol vehicles is declining. Petrol deliveries declined 6.8%

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Which stories made the automotive headlines in 2024?

Baua Electric

Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland recorded their lowest %RVs of the year so far. Italy has suffered the biggest slump so far, followed by Austria and France. In Austria and Switzerland, BEVs were only behind compressed natural gas engines. All seven markets have seen values drop since the start of 2024. in France and 5.7%

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