Climate Change: UK Automotive CO2 Output Falls in 2021

UK Automotive Global Warming Automaker Targets – Chart Courtesy of SMMT

Ken Zino of AutoInformed.com on UK Automotive CO2 Output Falls in 2021

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In the UK, average vehicle CO2 emissions were -11.2% less than their 2020 equivalents.1 Given the average car on UK’s roads is now nine years old, the carbon saving from production is the equivalent of taking 225,000 cars off the road and replacing them with the latest models. Since 1999, the industry has cut its CO2 emissions by 1.5 million tons or 70.6%, equivalent to taking almost 900,000 cars off the road. The question haunting the industry and people inhabiting Planet Earth as the death dealing effect of Global Warming continue unabated is whether this is too little, too late?

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