COMBINED FUEL AND ENGINE CHANGES WOULD BE MOST EFFECTIVE TO CAP CO2, AUTO INDUSTRY TOLD
July 1st, 2007
BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels THE PROPOSED European Union (EU) CO2 emissions target for automobiles of 130 (g/km) level by 2012 was damned as "unrealistic" at a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) conference of manufacturers, legislators and transport interests. As part of the "mix" to achieve hefty reductions in average emissions, alternative fuels and propulsions are welcome but not necessary, experts were told by an engineer from ADAC, the German automobile organisation. The consumption of compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas ...
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