CO2 Emissions Recharge 
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 4, 2018
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) approved a proposal which would set a higher target for reducing EU fleet-wide emissions for new cars by 2030 of 40% (compared to the EU Commission’s 30%; year of reference 2021) with an intermediate target of 20% by 2025. The real-driving emissions test must be up and running from 2023, say MEPs.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
A new analysis of the real-world usage of more than 100,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles shows a large deviation between on-road CO 2 emissions and fuel efficiency and the official vehicle type-approval values. Plug-in hybrid vehicles often are not recharged regularly, which implies driving is often performed on the combustion engine.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 10, 2018
A new brief published by the International Transport Forum (ITF)—an intergovernmental organization at the OECD with 59 member countries— identifies proven measures that decrease road freight’s CO 2 emissions. This will offset any expected efficiency gains and lead to an increase in emissions by 2050, not a reduction.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 23, 2014
reported reducing CO2 emissions from global corporate activities in fiscal year 2013 while increasing vehicle production by 5.1%. The clean electricity will be used in factories and in sales outlets'' quick chargers where customers can plug in Nissan LEAF vehicles to recharge their batteries. Nissan Motor Co.,
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2022
The European Council has agreed to raise the targets for reducing CO 2 emissions for new cars and new vans by 2030 to 55% compared to 1990 for cars and to 50% for vans. The Council also agreed to introduce a 100% CO 2 emissions reduction target by 2035 for new cars and vans—i.e., effectively a ban on internal combustion engines.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2010
Volvo has introduced new DRIVe diesel versions of the S80 sedan and V70 wagon with CO 2 emissions of 119 g/km, corresponding to fuel consumption of 4.5 With the arrival of these two, Volvo now has five models available with emissions below 120 g/km. Smart battery recharging is the most important measure. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2011
In January 2011, one Swedish family undertook to take part in the “One Tonne Life” project—a six-month experiment to find out if they could reduce their carbon emissions from the national average of 7.3 Six months later, the Lindell family reduced their carbon emissions to the level of 1.5 Earlier post.)
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