Lasse Swärd: How long will the Volvo Cars stand in the corner?

In the times when klimatklockan ticks towards five of the twelve reports, the company Jato its annual survey of average emissions from new cars in Europe.

20 the manufacturers flashes a badge in sotsvart coal: Volvo! Place 18. Average emissions: 130 g carbon dioxide/km. The year before the figure was 124,3 g/km.

An increase to 130 grams/km to be compared to the next EU legal requirements on the 95 gram/km. It will be phased in early next year. Manufacturers that do not reach there, juicy fines.

How should Volvo do it when the customers prefer choose suvs and shift from diesel to petrol? Although it's possible to switch to the plug-in hybrid for the advice, but the waiting time is very long. And emissions are high compared with many other plug-in hybrids. Volvo has chosen to deploy technology in the strongest and most exclusive versions.

That the emissions increases do not sit well with the green image that the company so readily conjured up by itself. So late as 2017 was the news that Volvo will take the lead in the electrification point in the year.

with Volvo in the bottom. Than, the worse it gets when you look at the whole list. Of the 20 manufacturers run only five in the right direction.

Toyota is at the top with 99.9 grams/km, a decline by 1.4 grams from 2017.

Position provides support for Toyota's strategy is to not stop into expensive laddteknik in a limited number of cars, but focus on ordinary hybrid technology and offer it in as many models as possible.

think none the wiser even if eldriften: hydrogen and fuel cells in many cases it is preferable to battery power.

Sweden has a special reason to reflect on it given the paltry small number of vätgasmackar available in the country: four pieces!

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