Spain closes 2020 as the third EU country with the lowest emissions

New vehicle registrations in Spain are the third with the lowest emissions among the five most important markets in the European Union.

Thus, the average emissions of vehicles registered in the accumulated year 2020 in Spain stand at 110.2 _gCO2 / km, which is 8.7% less compared to the same period of the previous year, according to data from the employers’ association of manufacturers (Anfac).

And it is that from this year the European Union will fine the car companies that exceed in 2020 the limit of _CO2 emissions -established in 95 gCO2 / km- in the cars sold in 2020. Community legislation therefore stipulates that new vehicles may not exceed 95 _gCO2/km. Otherwise, the consortia will have to pay 95 euros for each gram of excess, resulting in multimillion-dollar fines. Thus, the different automakers have renewed the engines of their models.

And how are the emissions in the other European countries? France is the country with the lowest emissions of the five main EU markets, with an average of 97 _gCO2/km. This means that the French country has managed to reduce its average emissions in 2020 by 13% year-on-year, according to data from the Committee of French Automobile Manufacturers (CCFA, for its acronym in French).

It is followed by Italy, whose average emissions in new passenger car registrations stood at 108.3 _gCO2/km. In this way, the reduction was 9.1% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to data from the National Union of Representatives of Foreign Motor Vehicles (Unrae, for its acronym in Italian).

In fourth position is Germany, with average emissions of new vehicles registered in 2020 of 139.8 _gCO2 / km, which is 11% less in year-on-year rate, according to data from the Federal Authority for Motorized Transport (KBA, for its acronym in German). In this country, the car company that most reduced its emissions in november – the latest available data – is smart, owned by Daimler, with a decrease of 99.9% year-on-year and with declared emissions of 0.2 _gCO2 / km. It is followed by DS, owned by the PSA Group, which has managed to reduce its emissions by 22.7%, by declaring 122.5 _gCO2/km in its vehicles marketed in the first eleven months of the year.

On the other hand, Fiat is the car company that increases its emissions the most between January and November, 39.2% more in year-on-year rate, declaring 214.9 _gCO2 / km in its 79,863 units marketed. It is followed by Citroën, with an increase in emissions of 13.1%, to 167.9 _gCO2/km in its 44,359 units delivered in the first eleven months of last year.

In fifth position is the United Kingdom, since the average emissions of new vehicles registered until the third quarter of the year -latest available data- stand at 135.4 _gCO2 / km, 10.5% less in year-on-year rate, according to data from the Department of Transport of the British Government.

Source: The Economist