T&E publishes report comparing CO2 emissions across car brands
Fri 27 October 2006
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A Brussels-based NGO, T&E, has published a study comparing average carbon dioxide emissions across the major European car brands. The report - 'How clean is your car brand' - ranks car manufacturers according to the average emissions of cars sold in 2005 and compares their progress based on a 1997 benchmark; the year before the ACEA voluntary agreement with the European Union was concluded.
The report, prepared for T&E by the Institute of European Environmental Policy (IEEP), also charts the progress of the main car industry groupings - ACEA, JAMA and KAMA - towards the voluntary 2008/9 emissions targets of 140g/km. It shows that ACEA members - whose vehicles emitted an average of 160g/km in 2005 - are significantly ahead of JAMA (172) and KAMA (169) but that all groups are falling significantly short of the voluntary target.
T&E's study places Fiat at the head of the individual company rankings with average new vehicle CO2 emissions of just 139g/km, a 30% improvement on 1997. Fiat are followed by Citroen, Renault, Ford and Peugeot who all appear to be in sight of the 140g average target for 2008/9. The greatest improvements since 1997 have been made, according to T&E's calculations, by Mercedes (38%), Kia (32%) and Fiat.
An advertising campaign based on the survey findings has recently been launched by T&E to highlight what the group says is: "the failure by most major car brands to cut CO2 emissions from new vehicles at the rate needed to meet the target of a commitment they made to the EU in 1998." To see examples of the T&E advertising, follow the link below.
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T&E study download
T&E advertising campaign link: 'Spot the difference'
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