Frankfurt: German car giant Volkswagen said that Monday beat the European Union’s target to cut carbon emissions on his new vehicle in 2021, after skipping a sign last year.
“Our extensive electrical offenses took significant speed last year with many interesting new models,” said Head of Sales for the Christian Dahlheim Multi-Brand Group.
The average CO2 emissions for passenger cars sold in the EU are “around two percent below the legal target”, according to the initial character of Volkswagen.
In 2020, the group failed to be below the emission limit, connecting these shortcomings with the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on car sales.
Under the UE law that came into force in 2020, producers faced a decent fine if the average emissions of their new cars sold were not included in the specific limit for each car maker.
Under current emission standards, Volkswagen sets a target of 120.8 grams of CO2 per kilometer and reaches results 118.5 g / km, according to the company.
In 2021, Volkswagen sent 472,300 “electric vehicles” – both hybrid and battery-electric cars – to customers in the EU, Norway and Iceland, a 64 percent increase in the previous year, according to the group.
The increase in slapping public trends in the car market where producers have seen production and sales are held back by lack of semiconductors, key components in conventional vehicles and electricity.
Volkswagen managed to maintain the top position among car makers in Europe in 2021, but a 4.8 percent decline in sales to 1.4 million vehicles caused its market share to 25.1 percent, according to industrial figures published last week.
The German group – 12 brands including Audi, Porsche and Skoda – pumping 35 billion euros ($ 40 billion) into a shift to electric vehicles and aims to become the largest electric car maker in the world in 2025.