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JATO: Car C02 emissions drop in top five European markets to an average 160.5 g/km
26th October 2007
JATO Dynamics has reported that in the seven months to July 2007, new car CO2 emissions in Europe’s ‘big five’ markets - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK – posted an overall drop of 0.3g/km compared to the same period in 2006. JATO analysed emissions from every new car sold in these markets, and the volume-weighted average demonstrates an ongoing reduction in CO2 figures over the past year. The average CO2 figure in the ‘big five’ markets stands at 160.5g/km.
“Clearly, this is an encouraging picture,” says Nasir Shah, Global Business Development Director at JATO. “The industry continues to work hard on reducing CO2 and we anticipate a greater decrease over the next year as manufacturers bring new technologies to the marketplace. However, there is still a lot of work to do before the industry can meet the tough EU objectives.”
Unsurprisingly, the City car (A) segment records the lowest average CO2 emissions, averaging 125.5g/km YTD, while the Small (B) segment averages 136.9g/km and the lower-medium (C1) segment at 149.8g/km. The most improved segment in the YTD data is the Medium MPV segment, which has posted a drop of 12.2g/km to an average of 186.2g/km.
At the other end of the scale, the large SUV segment is recording the highest average CO2 emissions of the industry at 306.5g/km, followed by luxury SUVs at 269.7g/km and luxury cars at 255.2g/km. Untypical for the industry, large SUVs have actually posted an 8.5g/km rise in emissions. “It’s disappointing to see that many consumers still favour the worst polluting large SUVs on the market,” notes Shah.
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