EU 2020 CO2 EMISSION TARGETS THE TOUGHEST IN THE WORLD, INDUSTRY SAYS
July 1st, 2012
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
THE EUROPEAN automotive industry denounced the CO2 emissions targets for 2020 announced by Brussels yesterday as being too ambitious to be realistic. "These are tough targets - the toughest in the world", said Ivan Hodac, the secretary general of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), reacting to the announcement of the European Commission, European Union's (EU) executive body, that it would require new cars to emit on average 95g CO2 for each kilometer by 2020. This represents a drop of 40.7 g/km from ...
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