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Fiat now the lowest CO2 emitter in Europe

While the Frankfurt Motor Show tries to present us with the future of motoring, the European Federation for Transport and Environment has taken stock of where automakers are today. Fiat and PSA Peugeot-Citroen came out with the lowest average CO2 emissions (138 and 139 grams/kilometer, respectively) while BMW and Mazda were the most improved (down 10.2 and 8.2 percent, respectively). Here are Europe's top ten manufacturers ranked by average 2008 CO2 emissions in g/km (2007 numbers in parenthesis): Fiat 138 (142) PSA Peugeot-Citroen 139 ... Read more →

Ferrari, Alpina lead supercar race to not-quite-as-high CO2 levels Sebastian Blanco

CO2 emission numbers for cars from companies like Ferrari and Aston Martin are, to a Prius or clean diesel fan, pretty much a joke. Bentleys, for example, average over 400 grams of CO2 per ...

Lamborghini adds solar power to factory, vows to cut range CO2 35% by 2015 Sam Abuelsamid

In the grand scheme of things, the facilities and products of Lamborghini don't really amount to a hill of beans. After all, the company only has one main factory that produces a few thousand cars a ...

No oil burning for the prancing horse, Ferrari rejects diesels Sam Abuelsamid

Ferrari has set itself an aggressive goal of reducing the carbon dioxide emissions of its cars by 40 percent over the next four years. The company will have to make some pretty drastic changes to its ...

France wants to phase in CO2 limits between 2012 and 2015 Sam Abuelsamid

The drama of implementing carbon dioxide emissions limits for European cars continues this week with the latest directional change. This time around, with the French holding the rotating presidency of ...

UK report says biofuels could reduce net carbon by 94% 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A new study commissioned by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership and NorthEast Biofuels in England has concluded that switching from the ultra low sulfur diesel that's now being phased in the US to biodiesel could almost completely eliminate net carbon dioxide emissions. Don't forget, biodiesel is ...

US carbon emissions down 1.3% in '06 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Energy Information Administration has reported the carbon dioxide emissions in the United States actually dropped by 1.3 percent in 2006 compared to the previous year. That's the first actual decline since 2001 and the first time since 1990 that it has dropped during a year of economic growth. ...


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