Most manufacturers not meeting emissions targets
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Only nine out of the 31 car brands available in Europe are on
course to achieve 2012 EU average emissions targets of 130g/km, but
it's unlikely that the other 22 will be fined.
Several loopholes mean that the often-quoted target figure
actually means very little. Firstly, for this year only the
least-polluting 65% of a manufacturer's cars will be taken into
account against the 130g/km target. The full range will be included
from 2015.
Secondly, manufacturers of `heavy' cars, like Mercedes with an
average vehicle weight of 1661kg, have higher targets to meet.
Mercedes' target is 143g/km for 65% of its cars sold, not
130g/km.
Thirdly, any manufacturer that sells fewer than 300,000 cars a
year in the EU does not have the same targets. Small-scale
manufacturers simply need to reduce the average emissions of the
cars they sell by 25%.
The nine manufacturers to have already achieved the 2012 target
on the strength of their 2011 figures are, in descending order,
Fiat, Citroen, Toyota, Seat, Lexus, Mini, Alfa Romeo, Peugeot and
Hyundai.
Mini is the only manufacturer of the nine to have actually had
its average sales-weighted CO2 emissions increase, up from
128.03g/km to 128.21g/km. Chevrolet also saw a 0.41% increase in
2011.
The biggest improver is Lexus, shaving 24.23% off its emissions
to sit just 3g/km behind its parent company Toyota. Chrysler
knocked 20.47g/km off its figures but still stands at an average of
182.6g/km, well short of the target.
The overall average CO2 emissions improvement from 2010 to 2011
was 4.22%, down from 144.44g/km to 138.35g/km.
Friday, January 27 2012
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