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ECODRIVING OFFERS NEW NICHE BUSINESS FOR EUROPEAN FLEET SUPPLIERS
BY CHRIS JONES, in Paris
EUROPEAN vehicle rental companies are increasingly promoting themselves as the answer to the problem of tackling CO2 emissions, offering advice on eco-driving techniques to their customers and offering a wide range of ‘green’ vehicles with low emissions.…
SOUTH AFRICA STRUGGLES TO ENSURE SECURITY OF OIL AND GAS SUPPLIES
BY BILL CORCORAN, in South Africa
SOUTH Africa is in a race against time to ensure the country’s
burgeoning economy is not crippled by fuel shortages, forcing its oil and gas companies to innovate to ensure security of supply, notably from neighbouring countries.…
EU ROUND UP - CO2 CAP FOR VEHICLES PROPOSED BY BRUSSELS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HEAVIER vehicles such as SUVs and luxury models will be able to breach a proposed European Union (EU) carbon dioxide cap, under formally proposed legislation now tabled 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.…
EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA OFFERS UNEVEN RICHES TO FUEL RETAILERS
BY MARK ROWE
RUSSIA’S booming economy means that those old images of grey queues for low-grade fuel to run Moskvich and other Soviet era cars are long gone. Instead, the country’s fuel retail sector has an incentive for dramatically overhauling the present state of affairs, which predominantly involves poorly established, locally run chains and Western chains fighting – sometimes unsuccessfully – for market share.…
EU EMISSIONS CAP WILL HIT LUXURY CARS HARD, EUROPEAN COMMISSION OFFICIALS ADMIT
BY ALAN OSBORN
A scheme proposed by the European Commission to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars by a fifth by 2012 will hit hard at luxury vehicles made by the German firms Porsche and Mercedes Benz and the Japanese companies Mazda and Subaru, Commission officials have confirmed.…
GREENHOUSE GAS TRADING PROPOSALS WILL CREATE DIFFICULTIES AND HEADACHES FOR EU AUTO-MANUFACTURERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WHILE most informed people now agree it is important that greenhouse gas emissions are reduced across the global economy, the question about which methods to choose for achieving this have generated far less consensus and nowhere is this truer than with the road transport sector.…
MEPS APPROVE DEAL OVER PARTICULATE MATTER LAW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has approved a compromise with European Union (EU) ministers over limiting particulate matter (PM) in ambient air within Europe, a move that could pressure EU governments into limiting diesel use or introducing tougher standards on engine design.…
VIETNAM IS SOUTH-EAST ASIA BOOM ZONE FOR PAINT SECTOR
BY MARK ROWE
VIETNAM is a country enjoying an extraordinary boom. Cities teem with cars and a seemingly infinite number of motorcycles, whilst new offices and advertising hoardings are erected daily, symbolising a new era for the country and good news for the paint industry.…
JAPAN AUTO MANUFACTURERS PUSHING INTO RUSSIA
BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo
WITH the start of production at its new automotive plant in the Shushary district of St. Petersburg on December 21, Toyota will become the latest Japanese car manufacturer to set up shop in a market it says has "tremendous potential" and is looking forward to the roll-out of the first Russian-built Camry.…
UNRECOGNISED STATELET REMAINS HOTBED FOR FRAUD
BY DAVID ANDERSON, in Chisinau
AS the European Union (EU) expands its borders ever eastwards, the challenge of dealing with geopolitical and corruption issues grows larger. One such hotspot is Transdniestria, a mixed Russian, Ukrainean and Moldovan-speaking strip of land bordering Moldova, which is recognised by no other country as an independent state.…