EU AUTO INDUSTRY FACES TOUGH FIGHT OVER CO2 EMISSIONS
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL and DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels THE TOUGH fight facing the European Union (EU) auto industry to keep technically achievable, proposals for mandatory caps on CO2 emissions has become clearer this week. The European Parliament yesterday started debating proposed legislation to force carmakers to cut CO2 emissions from new models to an average of 130 grams per kilometer across the fleet by 2012, of which 120 grams per kilometer must be through improved engine technology. Its industry committee proposed toughening up the law, tabling an amendment that ...
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