A report released by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on Wednesday 3 June has revealed that average emissions from new cars registered in the European Union, the United Kingdom and Iceland rose by 2.3g CO2/km in 2018 to 120.8g CO2/km.
Although there had been a steady decrease of nearly 22g CO2/km between 2010 and 2016, emissions rose slightly in 2017 (+0.4g CO2/km).
The EEA states that the main reasons for the increase in emissions from new cars are the growing share of petrol cars in...