Electric vehicle sales booming in France, Germany, UK
France is leading Europe’s electric vehicle revolution with the
nation now
for more than a quarter of EV sales across the EU, new
figures reveal.
Data released by the European Environment
shows around 38 000 electric vehicles were registered in
2014, up by 57 % compared to 2013.
The largest number of registrations was recorded in France, with more
than 10 700 vehicles. Germany - around 8 500 vehicles – was in second
place with the UK following with around 6 700 vehicles.
The report confirming Europe’s electric vehicle boom also found new cars
sold in 2014 emit on average 2.6 % less CO2 than those sold in 2013 and
almost 7 grammes of CO2/km below the 2015 target.
The average emissions level of a new car sold in 2014 was 123.4 grammes
of carbon dioxide (CO2) per kilometre, significantly below the 2015
target of 130 g, according to provisional data from the European
Environment Agency (EEA).
Since monitoring started under current legislation in 2010, emissions
have decreased by 17 g CO2/km (12 %). Manufacturers will, nevertheless,
have to further reduce emissions to meet the target of 95 g CO2/km by
2021.
Tesla image credit R. Greenway, ENN.
http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/analysis/business-analysis/125908-electric-vehicle-sales-up-50-across-europe%2C-new-figures-reveal.html
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