JATO Dynamics Reports: The US car market is still significantly behind Europe and Japan in terms of reducing vehicle CO2 output
Harrow,London,UK -Fleet Europe, by Stijn Phlix -22 June 2010: -- JATO’s study of the USA light vehicle market in the first quarter of 2010 reveals that the market’s average CO2 is 268.5 g/km. In order to reflect like-for-like comparison with car markets in other global regions, excluding pick-up trucks, full size vans and small commercial vehicles the figure falls to 255.6 g/km. This figure compares very unfavourably to Japan (130.8 g/km) and Europe’s five biggest markets, which average 140.3 g/km. All markets have improved marginally when compared to the full-year average in 2009; Japan is down 0.4 g/km, the USA is down 1.0 g/km and Europe has improved most significantly with a 4.3 g/km reduction year-to-date... One of the key influences in other global markets, the cost of fuel, still remains comparatively low in the USA and this removes one of the most significant drivers for change. 33.9% of vehicles sold in the USA still fall within a 15-20 mpg consumption bracket, compared with only 0.28% in Europe and 0.63% in Japan. European average CO2 emissions have reduced most significantly thanks to the rising popularity of diesel, a fuel which has 48.9% of the market share. Japan has a tiny diesel share of only 0.11%, but its highly congested roads make very small and economical gasoline cars a popular choice. Currently, the USA market is dominated by gasoline which has 81.9% market share, with only 1.7% being diesel...Labels: air pollution studies
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