First Commission report on real-world CO2 emissions of cars and vans using data from on-board fuel consumption monitoring devices
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Today, the Commission published its first report on the real-world CO2 emissions of new passenger cars and vans. The report is based on data collected in 2021 from fuel consumption monitors installed on-board of these vehicles.

EDIT clarifications:

  • the article is from the European Commission. This thing comes from a serious study based on hard facts and data.
  • Check this comment by @wooster@startrek.website, who reported the data.
  • Note that plugin hybrids are still better than pure ice, but they were expected to be much better.

It’s not a typo: plug-in hybrids are used, in real word cases, with ICE much more than anticipated.

In the EU, fuel consumption monitoring devices are required on new cars. They studied over 10% of all cars sold in 2021 and turns out they use way more fuel, and generate way more CO2, than anybody thought.

The gap means that CO2 emissions reduction objectives from transport will be more difficult to reach.

Thruth is, we need less cars, not “better” cars.

    • lgspOP
      151·
      5 months ago

      Maybe the author of this comment would think twice about threatening someone if he/she was banned from this community for some time

        • InputZero@lemmy.ml
          2·
          6 months ago

          While I agree with your position, I can’t agree with your violent rhetoric. A lot more needs to be done to combat climate change and misinformation. Taking literal pounds of flesh would change something but not the climate just us.

    • MuchPineapples@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 months ago

      The article was written by the Directorate-General for Climate Action of the EU, idiot.

      Reporting science is never wrong, go back to your extremist anti-science buddies and complain to them.