Average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new cars registered in the European Union, Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom were 12% lower in 2020 than the previous year, according to the latest figures published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on Monday 26 September.
For new vans, the level of average emissions fell by 1.9%.
According to the EEA, these decreases are mainly due to the increase in sales of electric vehicles.
Between 2019 and 2020, the share of electric vehicle...