BRITISH MOTORISTS MAYBE BUYING BIGGER CARS – BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE GREENER: EU STATISTICS SAY
January 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CO2 emissions statistics released by the European Commission show that while British motorists are ignoring government calls to buy smaller cars, their vehicles are at least getting greener. Across the European Union (EU) the CO2 emitted by passenger cars is falling fast: looking at 2008, a report said the average specific CO2 emissions from passenger cars were 153.5g CO2/km. This is a decrease by 3.3% or 5.2 grams per kilometre from the previous year (158.7g CO2/km in 2007). This, said the report, "is the largest relative drop in specific ...
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