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The
ultra-efficient Fiat 500 Twin Air (seen here
at the 81st Geneva Motor Show this morning)
has helped Fiat to maintain its position as
the manufacturer with the lowest levels of
CO2 emissions in Europe. |
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At the Geneva Motor Show
today Fiat Automobiles was able to announce that for the
fourth year running it is the brand which has recorded
the lowest level of CO2 emissions by vehicles sold in
Europe in 2010, with an average measurement of 123.1
g/km (4.7 g/km less than the 2009 average). Fiat also
ranked first as Group, with 125.9 g/km, an improvement
of 5 g/km on last year. The record is certified by
JATO Dynamics, the world's leading automotive
consultancy and research firm.
This is an important achievement and a continuing
improvement: over the last four years, Fiat Automobiles
has reduced its average emissions by 10 percent, from
137.3 to 123.1 g/km of CO2, significantly lower than the
target set out by the European Union for 2015, which has
been fixed at 130 g/km.
This result shows Fiat's commitment to protecting the
environment through the development of simple and
ingenious solutions such as the TwinAir engine, the
world's most "ecological" turbo petrol engine, the use
of alternative fuels such as Methane/LPG, a sector in
which the brand is the European leader, and the
development of innovative technology such as eco:Drive,
an application which encourages a driving style which is
more responsible and eco-compatible, and which has
allowed a large number of the drivers who use it
regularly to achieve emissions which are even lower than
the type-approval levels.
All of Fiat's eco-technological innovation is grouped
under the "Air Technologies" brand, which represents and
encapsulates the evolution of a single idea. Over the
last 20 years that idea has brought revolutionary
solutions to the market, solutions which at the same
time are simple and of low environmental impact,
solutions which do not ask the client to give up any of
the driving pleasure which has always been so
characteristic of Italian cars.
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