HOW MANUFACTURERS ARE HITTING THEIR EMISSIONS TARGETS
How is it that most car makers are not being hit with fines by the EU and the UK, despite the average 99g/km of CO2 emissions falling short of the 95g/km target set by both legislative bodies?
The 95g/km target was modified for brands depending on the weight of the cars they sold.
For example, the BMW Group said it managed to hit a target 115.9g/km of CO2 in 2021 for its cars sold in the EU, Norway and Iceland – 10g/km better than its target of 126g/km.
And Jaguar Land Rover had agreed a separate target while the UK was in the EU, so an average of 169.3g/km for Land Rover wasn’t a disaster.
Last year, makers could count the sale of a car with CO2 emissions below 50g/km as worth 1.67 sales in the supercredit system. This year that has fallen to 1.33 sales.
Finally, those that couldn’t hope to hit their CO2 targets ‘pooled’ their averages with substantially greener brands.
Tesla was popular. Both JLR and Honda paid to count Tesla’s zero-emission sales as part of their combined total. Honda will also join Tesla in a pool in the UK for 2022.
The penalty for missing the targets is expensive: €95 or £86 for every 1g/km over the target per car sold.