UK new car CO2 emissions plummet faster than ever – Green Cars

2008 saw the biggest drop ever in CO₂ emissions from new vehicles sold in the UK, with a year over year reduction of 4.2 percent. Wtih a fleetwide average of just 158 g/km, cars amount to just 11.5 percent of total UK carbon dioxide emissions. The combination of rapid escalation in fuel prices in 2008 and congestion charges in cities like London undoubtedly pushed many car buyers to some of the low emissions specials like the VW Polo BlueMotion, Smart ForTwo CDi and Ford Fiesta ecoNetic. Automakers will have to continue driving down the fleet average by 2.5 percent annually to meet the EU mandated 130 g/km average required in 2015. That will likely require the deployment of significant numbers of zero emissions vehicles as well as hybridized versions of larger cars.

[Source: Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders]

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