EUROPEAN AUTOMAKERS DENOUNCE NOISE REGULATION PROPOSAL TARGETS AS EXORBITANT
April 1st, 2012
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
IVAN Hodac, the secretary general of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) has attacked proposals from the European Commission to reduce vehicle noise from European Union (EU) autos, saying the implementation costs would be exorbitant. Speaking yesterday at a European Parliament workshop on the issue in Brussels, he said reaching the noise limit levels currently proposed by the EU executive would add manufacturing costs of between Euro EUR1,500 (USD1,143) to EUR3,000 (USD2,288) per truck and anywhere between EUR300 ...
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