EUROPEAN AUTO SECTOR WARNS BRUSSELS’ LATEST CO2 GOALS MAYBE TOO AMBITIOUS
November 1st, 2017
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) auto sector, including – for now – the British industry, has criticised new tough targets proposed by the European Commission for lowering average CO2 emissions from new passenger cars and vans in the 28-country bloc. Under Brussels’ new low emission mobility strategy, cars and vans registered in the EU in 2025 will have to emit 15% and in 2030, 30%, less CO2, compared to 2021’s 95g CO2/km for passenger cars and 147g CO2/km for vans.
This ambitious schedule involves a desire to see more sales of electric, hybrid, hydrogen and ...
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