Urban growth in SUVs means ICE emissions have stopped falling

Expensive SUVs are riding roughshod over what little progress the UK has made on reducing road transport emissions in the last decade, according to a new report.

Climate charity Possible has found that the rise of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) in the UK means that average CO2 emissions per kilometre (gCO2/km) from new internal combustion engines (ICE) are no longer falling at the national level. 

The analysis reveals that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuelled cars are in fact rising in urban areas where large SUVs are most popular, such as Kensington and Chelsea.