Press release

August 9, 2017

Motor vehicles: fleet consumption rises for the first time

Trade medium "kfz-betrieb": EU target for CO2 emissions in road traffic will fail - despite simple solution

The EU wants to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the transport sector in order to limit climate change. At the same time, cars are getting bigger and heavier. Added to this is the increasing volume of traffic, especially in the transport sector. "Anyone who can put one and one together quickly realizes that this won't work," says Jan Rosenow, editor of "kfz-betrieb". And consequently, transport is the only sector in which greenhouse gas emissions have risen across the EU in recent years, while all other sources - electricity generation, industry, households, etc. - have achieved reductions, some of them significant.

It is a paradox: the automotive industry has so far been quite successful in its efforts to reduce fuel consumption and thus the CO2 emissions of its products. Since 2008, the average value of the German new car fleet has fallen from 170 to 127 grams per kilometer. But this trend has been broken. In the first six months, the fleet value rose again for the first time in years, albeit only slightly by 0.6 grams. Against this backdrop, it is likely to be difficult for the industry to achieve the next stage of CO2 legislation.

As if that were not enough, the car industry must expect the limits to be tightened further. Although the specifications are currently being written for the models that will be released after 2020, it is not yet clear what limits they will have to comply with from 2025. Figures of 68 or 78 g/km are circulating in the public domain. This is so low that it can no longer be achieved with conventional vehicle and engine concepts. And, to be fair, neither can electric cars.

The current issue of "kfz-betrieb" from August 4, 2017 reports on the failure of the EU target to reduce CO2 emissions in road traffic. The trade journal also highlights possible alternatives that could easily achieve the CO2 target.

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"kfz-betrieb" is the most widely read trade magazine in the automotive industry and has been informing the automotive trade and service sector for over 100 years. "kfz-betrieb" is the official organ of the German automotive trade (ZDK), the professional interest group for around 38,000 car dealerships and workshops. News from the entire automotive industry is available at www.kfz-betrieb.de and in the daily newsletter. The parent company Vogel Business Media is Germany's largest trade media company with 100+ trade journals, 100+ web portals, 100+ business events as well as numerous mobile offerings and international activities. Its headquarters are in Würzburg. The company celebrated its 125th birthday in 2016.

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