Influence of European passenger cars weight to exhaust CO2 emissions

摘要: The increase of atmospheric CO2 concentration influences climate changes. road transport sector is one the main anthropogenic sources emissions in European Union (EU). One parameters influencing from passenger cars (PCs) their weight, which increases during last years. For same driving distance, heavier vehicles need more work than lighter ones, because they have to move an extra and thus fuel consumed increased emissions. weight control new PCs could be efficient way After analysis EU market, segment distribution some estimations for 2020 are presented. Based on this analysis, 13 base scenarios using several ways future used estimate benefit each scenario. results show that a significant achieved if PC does not exceed upper limit, especially limit quite low. obtained by limitations higher expected decreased consumption. Similar when within segment, or decreases.