CO2 emissions increase significantly
Significant decline in e-cars at the beginning of the year
05/27/2023 04:59 am
Is the e-car offensive already over? In the first four months of the year, the proportion of newly registered e-cars fell noticeably. According to expert Dudenhöffer, this is due to the reduced funding. Meanwhile, CO2 emissions are increasing significantly.
The cars newly registered in the current year so far emit significantly more CO2 than in 2022. The Federal Motor Transport Authority gives the average car value for January to April as 123.2 grams per kilometer. In contrast, the annual average for 2022 was only 109.6 grams.
The main reason for this can also be found in the KBA statistics: the proportion of purely electric cars and plug-in hybrids has fallen sharply since the beginning of the year. While they accounted for around 30 percent of new registrations in 2022, from January to April it was only around 20 percent. “Here it’s taking revenge that the funding has been cut,” says industry expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer. “This has taken the breath away from the plug-in hybrid in particular and it has collapsed compared to the very strong previous year.”
Because pure electric cars do not emit any CO2 and plug-in hybrids emit much less CO2 than pure combustion engines, at least according to the official figures, they depress the overall average. In 2022, the values for pure combustion engines were 150.5 grams per kilometer for petrol engines and even 168 grams for diesels.
The KBA statistics also show which brands have the highest average CO2 emissions per kilometer for new registrations from January to April. Lamborghini and Rolls Royce are at the forefront of passenger cars with well over 300 grams – albeit with very low numbers of new registrations. Among the larger brands with at least 10,000 newly registered cars since the beginning of the year, Porsche has the highest value at 208.2 grams. The three major German premium brands are close together, but also above average: According to the KBA, Mercedes has an average value of 136.4 grams, Audi 135.5 and BMW 133.7 grams. VW comes in at 129.8 grams, Opel at 114, 5.