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� 20 Development of the CO2 emissions for the European Mercedes-Benz
Cars passenger car fleet 1995 – 2009
in g/km
250
200
150
100
50
in L/100 km
12.0
11.0
10.0
9.0
8.0
CO2 emissions according to the NEDC
230
193
178 173
-30.3%
1995 2001 2007 2008 2009
From 2008 to 2009 we were able to reduce the CO2 emissions of the European Mercedes-Benz Cars
passenger car fleet by 7.5 percent.
� 21 Daimler CAFE* values for passenger cars and light trucks in the U.S.
1996 – 2009
* CAFE = Corporate Average Fuel Economy
96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 7 0 08 09 Model ear y
The figures for the 2008 and 2009 model years only include the Mercedes-Benz and smart vehicles
sold in the U.S. Until the 2007 model year, the fleet of light-duty commercial vehicles also included
Chrysler LLC vehicles not belonging to the SUV segment.
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Environmental protection,
innovation, and safety
Light trucks
Passenger cars —
import fleet
for years in terms of energy use, a concept for the “energy-saving
sales and service outlet” is currently being
developed for comprehensive implementation. D E
7.0 Product use
7.1 Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Over a
passenger car’s entire lifecycle, about 80 percent of the
primary energy consumption and CO2 emissions are
associated with the vehicle utilization phase. Here
Daimler has succeeded in recent years in significantly
reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in passenger
cars and commercial vehicles through optimized
combustion engines, the implementation of downsizing
concepts with supercharging, and the introduction of
new transmissions. With the consistent rollout of our
BlueEFFICIENCY models throughout all the production
series and the introduction of the new generation of
four-cylinder diesel and gasoline engines, we further
significantly reduced the CO2 emissions of our fleet of
new vehicles in the year under review.
The CO2 emissions of Mercedes-Benz Cars’ fleet in
Europe have declined by around 30 percent since
1995. The average CO2 emissions of the entire fleet in
Europe were 160 grams per kilometer (257 g/mile) in
2009. q F � 20
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The implementation of our measures and technologies
for achieving emission-free mobility (see Section 2.1)
will enable us to further reduce the fuel consumption
and CO2 emissions of our fleet in the future. Our goal is
to reduce the CO2 emissions of our fleet of new vehicles
in Europe to below 140 grams per kilometer (225
g/mile) by 2012 — a reduction of nearly 40 percent compared
with 1995. Our product planning is conceived to
ensure that we will not have to pay penalties and will
meet the corresponding EU targets by 2015. q G
In the U.S., the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
standards set the legal framework for improving energy
efficiency. According to these standards, sales weighted
manufacturers’ passenger car fleets had to be below
8.6 liters per 100 kilometers (27.4 miles per gallon)
for cars, and 10.2 liters per 100 kilometers (23.1 miles
per gallon) for light trucks for model year 2009. � 21
The fleet value for each model year is determined by
the number of vehicles sold and the respective fuel
economy values. Manufacturers must pay US$5.50 for
every 0.1 mile per gallon they fall below the standard.
Legislators are discussing the possibility of increasing
the penalties. Thanks to the implementation of measures
for improving fuel economy, it was possible to
reduce the penalty for the 2008 model year by more
than 75 percent to US$6.9 million. In the short term we