Motor emissions could have fallen by over 30% without SUV trend, report says
by Helena Horton Environment reporter from Environment | The Guardian on (#6GME6)
Global fall averaged 4.2% between 2010 and 2022 but would have been far more if vehicle sizes stayed same
Emissions from the motor sector could have fallen by more than 30% between 2010 and 2022 if vehicles had stayed the same size, a report has found.
Instead, the size of the average car ballooned as the trend for SUVs took off, meaning the global annual rate of energy intensity reductions - the fall in fuel used - of light-duty vehicles (LDV) averaged 4.2% between 2020 and 2022.
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