Swedish brand Volvo has trumped rival European brans when it comes to reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
According to analysis by T&E, the European Federation for Transport and Environment, while Europe’s eight major car-makers cut their CO2 emissions last year by an average of two to six per cent, Volvo stood-out with a reduction of nine per cent.
A major contributing factor for Volvo has been increased sales success for its new DRIVe range of diesel engines (now finding their way to Australia). Volvo is also increasingly developing electric and hybrid vehicles.
“We are delighted and very proud of this result,” revealed Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby. “We are following our ambitious plan which puts the spotlight on cutting carbon dioxide emissions.”
It seems European new car buyers and manufacturers are embracing the ‘green’ message better than others with average exhaust CO2 emission in Europe now at 140g/km – an overall reduction of 3.7 per-cent over 2010.
