18. april 2006
Pressemeddelelse
Bilindustrien svigter aftale med EU
Bilindustrien har i 1998 indgået en aftale med EU-kommissionen om inden 2008* at nedbringe det gennemsnitlige CO2-udslip fra nye biler til 140 g/km, mod 196 g/km i 1995. Men med den hidtidige indsats vil man ikke nå dette mål. Målet er endda slapt, set i forhold til, at EU har sin egen målsætning om at komme ned på 120 g/km inden 2010.
Der er ellers sket en betydelig forbedring af motorteknologien i denne periode, men forbedringerne er blevet opvejet af, at de biler der sælges, bliver stadig tungere og med stadig mere energiforbrugende ekstraudstyr, såsom aircondition og automatgear.
Den europæiske NGO-sammenslutning Transport & Environment (T&E) har gennemgået resultaterne for hvert af de 15 gamle EU-lande – aftalen gælder ikke for de nye medlemslande. Tallene (nedenfor samt vedlagt) viser, at Danmark ikke gør nogen specielt god figur. Ser man udelukkende på biler produceret i Europa, ligger vi midt i feltet, hvad angår reduktion af gennemsnitlig CO2-udledning. Men ser man på den samlede bilimport ligger Danmark næstsidst – kun Spanien har et ringere resultat.
Resultatet peger på, at brændstofafgiften og dermed brændstofprisen er for lav, til at bilkøberne er motiveret til at tænke på bilens brændstoføkonomi.
Christian Ege Ivan Lund Pedersen
Det Økologiske Råd NOAH -Trafik
Det Økologiske Råd og NOAH er de to danske medlemmer af Transport & Environment.
* Den ikke-europæiske bilindustri har dog frist frem til 2010.
Yderligere oplysninger: Christian Ege, 28 58 06 98, 46 35 52 27 eller Ivan Lund Pedersen 35361212 - 31160082
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Nina Renshaw
Sent: 18 April 2006 10:34
To: Nina Renshaw
Subject: [T&E Members] EMBARGO 00:01 19/04/06 - Car industry failing
on climate pledge
Please find below a press release from the European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E).
EMBARGO 00:01 19/04/06, Brussels - Car industry failing on climate pledge
Carmakers are defaulting on their pledge to tackle climate change, new figures show. Last year, car industry efforts to improve fuel efficiency achieved a third of the rate needed to meet a commitment they made to the EU in 1998.
Improving fuel efficiency is a key factor in tackling climate change because the more fuel a car uses, the more CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere.
European manufacturers sold cars that produce on average 160 grams of CO2 per kilometre last year, down only 1 per cent on the previous year, according to sales figures analysed by Transport and Environment (T&E).
The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) promised the European Commission in 1998 to reach average emissions of 140 grams of CO2 per kilometre for new cars by 2008.
Carmakers now need an unprecedented improvement rate of 4.3 per cent per year for the next three years to meet their commitment. To date, the best performance was 2.9 per cent, recorded in 2000.
“President Barroso’s Commission has sat back and watched while carmakers put all their technology into making cars heavier and more powerful, rather than more fuel efficient†said Jos Dings, Director of T&E.
“President Barroso, himself the owner of a gas-guzzling Volkswagen Touareg, must recognise that a voluntary commitment from an industry that is responsible for 15% of CO2 emissions in the EU is not enough and is failing miserably. Legislation is urgently needed if real progress is to be achieved†said Dings.
Further improvements in efficiency are not expensive and can be made with widely-available existing technology. A report for the European Commission last year showed that the cost of meeting the EU’s own target for new cars of 120 grams of CO2 per kilometre would be on average € 577 per car.
Meeting the EU target would result in twenty-five per cent lower fuel bills. At today’s prices that would mean a € 1000 saving for the average car over three years.
“Rules that make cars more fuel efficient save lots of money and save the climate. It’s time President Barroso parked his gas-guzzler and got Europe’s carmakers on the road to fuel efficiency†said Dings.
Ends
In 1998 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) committed to the European Union to reduce the average CO2 emissions of new cars sold in the (then) 15 EU Member States to 140 g/km, down from 186 g/km in 1995.
Aat Peterse, Programme Manager - Clean Cars
Tel: +32 2 502 9909, email: [email protected]
T&E is the principal environmental organisation campaigning on transport at European level. The federation has 45 members in 21 countries. www.transportenvironment.org
Best regards,
Nina Renshaw
T&E - The European Federation for Transport and Environment
t: +32 2 502 9909 f: +32 2 502 9908 m: +32 485 163559
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