EUROPEAN COMMISSION RELEASES FORMAL CO2 CAP PROPOSALS FOR NEW CARS
December 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HEAVIER cars such as SUVs and luxury models will be able to breach a proposed European Union (EU) carbon dioxide cap, under legislation tabled this week (Wednesday) by the European Commission. Pressure from German manufacturers forced Brussels into abandoning an absolute cap for all new models of 130 grams of CO2 per kilometre. Instead, the Commission has proposed that vehicles are allotted caps depending on their mass, and that this maximum is set so that the average CO2 emitted by all cars manufactured by a specific vehicle-maker in one year ...
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