Official figures show CO2 emissions from new cars fell 3.7% in 2010

Wed 21 December 2011 View all news

European Environment Agency figures adopted by the European Commission show that new car CO2 performance improved by almost 4% in 2010, confirming the provisional findings which were published in June. The data also shows individual car manufacturers' performance in reducing those emissions.

Approximately 13 million new cars were registered in the EU in 2010 with average emissions of 140g CO2/km. This is a 3.7% drop compared to average emissions in 2009 and it confirms that car manufacturers are on track to reach the target of 130g CO2/km to be fully achieved in 2015.

2010 was the first year of monitoring emissions data under the CO2 from cars Regulation. The monitoring process includes the collection of data from Member States by the European Environment Agency and the verification of that data by the manufacturers themselves. The Commission says that this process ensures a balanced assessment by the Commission of the manufacturers' performance in meeting their specific targets.

From 2012, the confirmed emissions will serve as a basis for calculating any excess premiums for manufacturers not meeting their targets.
 

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