ACEA guide shows reduced environmental impact of vehicle production

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has released the fourth edition of its Pocket Guide showing how European manufacturers have reduced the environmental impact of vehicle production in recent years.

The 2012 edition contains new data on resource-efficient production for cars and light commercial vehicles, showing how European manufacturers have advanced in reducing the environmental impact of vehicle production in recent years, using less water and energy, and producing less CO₂ and waste.

Unit production uses nearly a fifth less water than it did in 2005, total energy usage is down 3.4% despite greater vehicle complexity, and total CO₂ emissions have been reduced by a tenth.

The emissions of volatile organic compounds, for instance from paintshops, have been drastically reduced by 37.5% in total and by around a third per unit.

Finally, the total amount of waste generated by the manufacturing of vehicles went down 4.7%.

In addition to this new information, the Guide also includes the latest key figures on employment and trade, as well as vehicle production, registration, use and taxation. Other facts and figures contained in the pocket guide include:

• The automotive industry creates 11.6m direct and indirect jobs in the EU
• ACEA members alone invest over €26 billion in R&D every year
• They operate 177 vehicle assembly plants in 16 EU Member States
• Vehicle taxes generated over €375 billion in government revenues
• In 2011, 66% of new cars emitted less than 140 grammes of CO₂ per kilometre
• New in this edition is the inclusion of information about the trend in CO₂ emissions from new cars by country, as well as CO₂ and electric vehicle taxation

The Pocket Guide is freely available online in PDF format and is also available in a printed copy upon request to the ACEA Communications Department.

The ACEA members are BMW Group, DAF Trucks, Daimler, FIAT S.p.A., Ford of Europe, General Motors Europe, Hyundai Motor Europe, IVECO S.p.A., Jaguar Land Rover, Porsche, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault Group, Toyota Motor Europe, Volkswagen Group, Volvo Cars, Volvo Group.

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