One
of the 25 best-selling automobile brands in
Europe and after two years of holding the
leadership position, Fiat Automobiles has proven
to be the brand having the lowest average CO2
emissions on cars sold during the first half of
2009: 129.1 g/km (the figure was 133.7 g/km just
six months ago). Fiat has also set a new record:
it is the only full-liner brand that already
today has achieved the European average goal of
130 g/km established for 2015.
The record of 129.1 g/km set by Fiat was
corroborated by JATO, a world leader in
automotive advisory and research services,
founded in 1984 and now operating in over 40
countries. Of the top ten brands, the bottom
line shows Fiat ahead of Toyota (132.9 g/km),
Peugeot (134.5 g/km), Citroen (138.1 g/km),
Renault (138.9 g/km), Ford (140.4 g/km), Opel
(149.5 g/km), Volkswagen (152.5 g/km), Audi
(162.6 g/km) and Mercedes (178.8 g/km).
This record set by Fiat Automobiles is the
result of its leadership position locally as
well. It is the full-liner brand that has the
lowest CO2 emissions in eight out of 21 European
countries, and is one of the top three brands in
a good 19 countries. One basic contribution to
this result is the enormous growth of natural
gas, which is proving to be the most
environment-friendly fuel. During the first half
of 2009, roughly 65,000 Fiat Natural Power cars
with an average of 115.8 g/km in CO2 emissions
were sold in Europe, a figure more than 13 g/km
less than the brand's already record-breaking
average. This record contributed to the
establishment of another record: Fiat Group
Automobiles is number one in the results by
groups (132.9 g/km), in front of Toyota, PSA,
Renault and Hyundai.
"Improving the environment is not a goal for the
future, but something we can do right away, and
we are doing it now", said Lorenzo Sistino, CEO
of Fiat Automobiles. These figures provide
significant proof of the unceasing dedication
Fiat lavishes on seeking innovative solutions to
control polluting emissions and the level of
CO2. But FIAT’s commitment has always been to
the public’s real needs and won’t be stopping
here. Our aim is actually to reinforce our
European record in emission reduction by
introducing new engines, new technologies and
new applications. New engines, like the
innovative Multiair technology introduced to
petrol engines, capable of guaranteeing up to
10% fewer CO2 emissions, and the new generation
of Common Rail Multijet diesel engines that will
make their debut on the Punto EVO and that will
be gradually adopted on all of our Group's cars.
New technologies, like Start&Stop, presented on
the Fiat 500 and now standard on all Punto EVO
EURO 5 engines. Start&Stop is able to cut CO2
emissions in the urban cycle up to 12%. New
applications like “eco:Drive”, the innovative
software program that through the USB port of
the versatile Blue&Me system allows the driver
to analyse his or her driving behaviour to then
optimize consumption and therefore emissions.
Sixty thousand people have downloaded it in less
than a year since its launch, and 25,000 are
using it daily to monitor their driving styles."
Attention paid to sustainable mobility is part
of a strategic undertaking of the entire group.
Fiat Group was recently acknowledged the leader
in terms of sustainability by entering the Dow
Jones Sustainability (DJSI) World and Dow Jones
Sustainability STOXX indexes with a score of
90/100, versus an average of 72/100 of the
companies of the industry analysed by SAM, a
company specialised in sustainability
investments. DJSI World and DJSI STOXX are the
most prestigious stock exchange indexes that
only companies judged as the best in managing
their businesses according to sustainability
criteria can enter. These indexes include only
those companies that are leaders from both the
financial and the social and environmental
viewpoints.
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