New environmental list
VCS In its latest environmental list, the VCS Verkehrs-Club der Schweiz criticizes the still high CO2 emissions of new cars. Despite new technologies, this is hardly decreasing in Switzerland. According to the VCS, Switzerland's contribution to achieving the Paris climate targets is becoming a distant prospect. This is because, according to the current CO2 emission regulations, since the end of 2015 newly registered [...]
In the view of the VCS, Switzerland's contribution to achieving the Paris climate targets is receding into the distant future. This is because, according to current CO2 emission regulations, since the end of 2015 newly registered passenger cars have been allowed to emit a maximum of 130 g CO2/km on average, but in fact CO2 emissions in 2016 were 134 g CO2/km, just one gram less than in 2015 (135 g CO2/km). These data are based on figures from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.
Often laboratory values given
As with the NOx emissions from diesel cars, which are currently the subject of much debate, the values determined on the test bench for CO2 emissions also deviate considerably from actual road use. The introduction of a new test procedure from September is intended to change this.
Positive examples
The range of vehicles with relatively low CO2 test values is nevertheless broad. Among new cars, the following stand out in the small car and compact class segments: The Ford Fiesta 1.1 ; Honda Civic 1.0i-VTEC; Suzuki Swift 1.0 Mild-Hybrid and the VW Golf 1.0 TSI BMT DSG. The updated vehicle database of the car and van environmental list at. www.autoumweltliste.ch retrievable.
