According to a study, today’s gasoline vehicles are more polluting than 10 years ago
The massive arrival of electric vehicles on the automobile market is part of the mission to reduce greenhouse gas. This objective is intended, according to several specialists, to be a viable solution to reduce the pollution around the globe. Despite all the place that EVs take in the automobile market, some experts highlight the fact that combustion cars have also improved in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.
Although this statement is true, recent research has nevertheless raised the fact that, despite their technological advances, today’s gasoline vehicles are more harmful to the environment than 10 years ago. The British study points to SUVs as the main variable in the results.
The weight of fashion
It was a British climate action group, “Possible”, which carried out this analysis. This analysis, relayed by the newspaper The Guardian highlights the fact that the latest internal combustion vehicles sold in 2023 are, on average, more polluting than new cars sold in 2013.
The main reason behind this increase is associated with the growing popularity of SUVs. According to the study, there is a very marked increase in sport utility vehicles on the roads. SUVs are replacing cars and are heavier and higher. As a result, SUVs are less energy efficient and therefore emit more CO2 than cars.
“Possible” adds that SUVs are also a greater threat of serious injury in the event of an impact with pedestrians, are also more likely to roll over and are more blinding to other motorists on the road. . The climate action group says SUVs release more rubber tire particles into the atmosphere and are, in their view, less efficient than cars.
The market singled out
This in itself is perhaps not surprising, but the fact that the market change is so radical and that it leads to an increase in average emissions from combustion engine vehicles is. The research also revealed that one in five of the wealthiest consumers purchased the most polluting products.
“Possible” adds that SUVs were more common in wealthy, urban areas, places where the off-road utility of these vehicles wasn’t much of an advantage. The British study adds that the Land Rover brand was by far the most popular in the Chelsea sector, an area where the roadway is almost entirely bitumen.
“Possible” is categorical for SUVs and specifies that buyers could buy EVs instead. The action group therefore calls on UK lawmakers to introduce a tax based on CO emissions2 cars.
The organization found that, on average, the least polluting combustion car you can buy in the UK in 2023 is a seven-year-old used car. Although the data does not specify what the situation is for the Canadian market, this purchasing technique does indeed seem to be the most ecological solution at present in the market for combustion engine vehicles.
