Examples of cars with emissions of 160-199²µ°ä°¿â‚‚/°ì³¾ include: Volvo XC60 (161gCO2/km), Land Rover Discovery Sport (184gCO2/km), BMW X5 (196gCO2/km).
Examples of cars with emissions of: Audi Q7 (234gCO2/km) Land Rover Defender (248gCO2/km), Porsche Cayenne (310gCO2/km), Mercedes G-Class (340gCO2/km). Source: Dataforce 2022
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Share of highly polluting new private cars registered in Europe 2023, by country
In 2023, roughly **** percent of new private car registrations in the United Kingdom had an emissions intensity above *** grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer (gCOâ‚‚/km). This was similar to Germany, where **** percent of new private car registrations were above *** gCOâ‚‚/km that year. However, the proportion of new registrations in Germany above *** gCOâ‚‚/km was lower than in the UK.
Meanwhile, just *** percent of new private car registrations in France had an emissions intensity above *** ²µ°ä°¿â‚‚/°ì³¾.Ìý
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