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Transport and Environment (T&E) has accused car manufacturers of pushing SUVs, while holding back electric vehicles (EVs).
The European non-governmental organisation made the claim as official new data from the EU’s environmental watchdog (EEA) shows that the CO2 emissions of new cars increased by 1.6% in 2018 to 120.4 grammes of CO2 per km. For the first time, CO2 emissions from vans also rose, by 1.2%.
The main driver is the rising sales of polluting yet very profitable SUVs, says T&E.
The average petrol SUV sold last year emitted 133g/km of CO2 while the average of other petrol cars sold was 120g/km of CO2, according to provisional EU data suggests.
SUVs now account for around a third of new cars sold in Europe – up from 7% in 2008.
Julia Poliscanova, clean vehicles manager at T&E, said: “Carmakers are playing a high risk game where they’re deliberately postponing sales of cleaner cars to maximise SUV-fuelled profits.
The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
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This would confirm that statement Brydo…
Thank goodness for Tesla, without them we would all be held in their powerful grip. Tesla has forced their hand.
That`s why these articles confuse me, there are many, mostly Chinese, EV only car manufacturers who will fill their boots while others are still pushing ICE cars and shooting themselves in the foot.
The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
Anything i post over three lines long please assume it is an article lol.The thing I don’t get is why all the big petrochemical companies haven’t started investing heavily in the electric side of future transport, whether that’s building charging stations and fitting hydrogen pumps in existing fuel stations, or in their refinery plants creating battery making units and hydrogen processing plants, if they are really worried about fossil fuels running out then why aren’t they trying to get ahead of the game?
I worked for a Tobacco company through the demise of that industry (no one took an interest in e-cigarettes) and then (stupidly) in the music industry as that fell apart. These large organisations are all about core competence, efficiency and market share. It was amazing to see the music companies refuse to accept that two blokes in a garage in Sweden (Spotify) could bring down an industry (perhaps a little dramatic – but you know what i mean). Arrogance and stupidity but it also takes a long time for a supertanker to turn while a little boat can dart around the waters.
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