For the third consecutive year, the average CO2 emissions from the fleet of new cars registered in Europe (EU, Iceland, Norway, and the UK) increased in 2019 to 122.3 grams/km, according to final data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on Tuesday 1 June.
This is below the legislative objective of 130 g/km in force in 2019 but above the EU target of 95 g/km applicable from 2021.
Average emissions from new vans increased slightly to 158 g of CO2/km, but this is around 7% higher than the 2020 objective 147 g of CO2/km.
The share of electric vans in registrations almost doubled between 2018 (0.8%) and 2019 (1.4%), but 94% of new vans still ran on diesel, according to the EEA’s CO2 performance indicator.
According to new data published by the EEA on 1 June, average emissions from heavy-duty vehicles from 2019 to mid-2020 were 53 g of CO2/km (e.g., for transporting one tonne of goods over one kilometre). The EU’s legislative objective is a 25% reduction in these emissions by 2025 and a 30% reduction by 2030. (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)