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INFORM Transport
STUDY BRIEFS
Portuguese teach polluting British
■ FUNDING
Ten innovative research pro-
grammes will get £10M in
drivers a lesson in green motoring
funding to support the devel-
opment of ultra efficient elec-
Car makers are being forced to
trical systems for electric and
make significant cuts in their
hybrid vehicles, says the gov-
vehicles’ CO
ernment-backed Technology
2
emissions, but
some countries appear reluctant
Strategy Board.
to buy the greenest models.
It is the first competition run
British motorists languish at
under the Integrated
16th place in a league table of
Delivery Programme, a
who buys the most polluting
£200M investment programme
models in Europe, according to a
that will help to speed up the
study carried out on behalf of the
introduction of low-carbon
Environmental Transport
vehicles on to UK roads.
Association (ETA).
Portuguese drivers are the
■ EVENT
greenest in Europe when it comes
to buying cars with an average
CO
2
rate of 138g/km, like the Britons need more encouragement to drive lighter cars
Volkswagen Polo.
The least green motorists are having a strong effect on the want to do better in next year's
from Latvia with a figure of availability of cleaner cars, but league table.”
Sustainable Business will
177g/km, like the Suburu wealth, motoring taxes, fuel prices According to the report’s
continue its series of Round
Imprezza. The average British and consumer attitudes – which league table, Portugal top the
Table Debates next month by
driver rated 158g/km, equivalent vary wildly from country to group, with France as runner-up.
turning its attention to
to the Volkswagen Passat. country across Europe – have The next greenest motorists are
sustainable freight and fleet
EU regulation is striving to cut much more of an effect on how from Italy, Denmark, Malta,
management. The discussion
the CO
session will examine issues
2
emitted by cars to an clean a car is chosen. Belgium and Spain.
average figure of 130 g/km “There was a fuss in Britain Meanwhile, Fiat was ranked as
including, the take-up of new
by 2015. when road tax increased for the the manufacturing producing the
technology, best practice
“Car makers can build green most-polluting cars, but we are greenest cars, followed by
driving programmes, route
cars, but they need us to buy lax by European standards – we Peugeot-Citroen, Renault,
planning and alternative fuels
them,” said ETA director, need a more sophisticated carrot Toyota, Hyundai and Ford.
and vehicles. Stay tuned for
Andrew Davis. “The report found and stick approach to encouraging For a copy of the report, call
more details in the next issue.
that strict new emissions laws are people to drive lighter cars if we the ETA on 0845 389 1064
NEW PRODUCTS
Emitting just 99g/km of CO
2
,
this is the new Volvo C30
1.6D DRIVe with start/stop
technology that will be
exempt from the annual
vehicle excise duty.
This latest version of the
car is also capable of up to
74.3 miles per gallon on the
combined cycle and can
cover up to 857 miles on a
single tank. Unveiled at last
month’s Frankfurt Motor
Show, the new model is now
available to order.
“We’ve left absolutely no
stone unturned in our deter-
mination to reach this target
[of 99g/km of CO
2
] and it’s
wonderful that we have suc-
ceeded,” said Volvo’s head
of CO
2
, Peter Ewerstrand.
COUNTRY FACTS MALTA IMPORTS ALL OF ITS ENERGY NEEDS. MEANWHILE IN BOTSWANA, 99.4% OF ALL ELECTRICITY COMES FROM BURNING COAL
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