Still Stalled on Global Warming

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Environmental Defense weighs in on the "Big Six" auto manufacturers and their growing CO2 impact.

<a title="Environmental Defense" href="http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm" target="_blank">Environmental Defense</a> recently published a report called <a title="Global Warming on the Road (PDF)" href="http://www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/5301_Globalwarmingontheroad.pdf" target="_blank">Global Warming on the Road</a>.  Here is their summary of findings for the six largest automobile manufacturers (the Big Six):General Motors - GM’s new fleet average CO2 emissions rate was 3 percent higher in 2005 than it was in 1990, while market share dropped 10 points. Rising light truck share and flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) credits more than offset the recent increases in the fuel economy of many GM models. Carbon burden fell 6.5 percent but remained the largest overall. Ford - Ford’s market share dropped 7 points from 1990 to 2005, leading to a 5.8 percent drop in carbon burdens. Heavy use of FFV credits caused a 4.3 percent increase in fleet average CO2 emissions rate, accounting for most of Ford's total 4.7 percent increase in emissions rate. DaimlerChrysler (DCX) - As a result of higher truck share and net lower fuel economy, DCX’s CO2 emissions rate was up 4.8 percent from 1990 levels, and the worst among all automakers. Market share increased 3 points. DCX had the greatest dependence on trucks, though showing recent signs of fuel economy improvement. Toyota - Toyota’s CO2 emissions rate decreased 3 percent while its market share rose 7 points from 1990 to 2005. Its carbon burden growth — the greatest among the Big Six — was due entirely to increased sales. Honda - Rapidly growing truck fraction pushed Honda’s CO2 emissions rate up 4.4 percent while market share gained 1.6 points from 1990 to 2005, but the company remained the fuel economy leader with a combined car and light truck average of 29 mpg. Nissan - Growing truck reliance and declining truck fuel economy pushed Nissan’s CO2 emissions rate up 9.2 percent, the most among the Big Six, while the company gained 2 points of market share from 1990 to 2005. 9 application/xml false auto manufacturers co2 environmental defense Still Stalled on Global Warming This article on the auto industry's effect on global warming includes the findings above. http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentID=6826 Global Warming on the Road (PDF) This report on the auto industry's effect on global warming was the basis for the summary above. http://www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/5301_Globalwarmingontheroad.pdf Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 cdarwin false true false false true 205814 false false true false false false true 107530 blog blogsite/Enviance/web