Fiat had cleanest cars in Europe last year

Posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 at 11:16 AM EDT.

Fiat SpA produced cars with the lowest average carbon-dioxide emissions sold in Europe in 2008, while Daimler AG made the most-polluting autos, according to the European Federation for Transport & Environment and reported in Bloomberg.

According to the wireservice, Fiat made cars with average emissions of 138 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer, while PSA Peugeot Citroen’s cars averaged 139 grams of CO2, followed by Renault SA, whose autos emitted an average 143 grams, the Brussels- based environmental group said today in its fourth annual report since 2006.

Overall, carmakers reduced emissions by 3.3 percent to 159 grams of CO2 per kilometer in 2008, short of a voluntary industry commitment to cut average emissions to 140 grams last year, the story said. 

Stuttgart, Germany-based Daimler AG, the world’s second- largest maker of luxury cars, and Nissan Motor Co., Japan’s third-largest automaker, made the least environmentally friendly cars, according to the study. Daimler-built cars produced an average of 175 grams of CO2 per kilometer, while Nissan’s cars averaged 161 grams. (Bloomberg)

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