AUTOMAKERS SAY EU LOW EMISSION PLAN TOO FOCUSED ON TECHNOLOGY
July 1st, 2016
Europe’s automakers have lashed out at new European Union (EU) proposals designed to decarbonize the economy and encourage a shift to low- or no-emission options as being too focused on technology. They have also claimed it is and discriminatory because it only deals with road transport.
Unveiled in a July 20 formal policy paper, (called a ‘communication’), this ‘low emission mobility strategy’ comes as part of the EU executive, the European Commission’s wider decarbonization strategy. It aims to meet the EU’s 2014 commitment to slash greenhouse ...
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