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TAILGATING COULD BE ANSWER TO POLLUTION TROUBLE
BY MONICA DOBIE
TAILGATING may actually be the answer to solving some air pollution woes in large congested cities, claims recent research published in the International Journal of the Environment and Pollution.
Scientists at India’s Jadavpur University have found that using safe automated tailgating or “platooning” whereby sensors and cruise control keep vehicles just one metre apart, reduces engine use and hence exhaust emissions, because cars travel in each other’s slipstream.…
EU OPINION POLL SAYS MANY MOTORISTS WILL NEVER DRIVE LESS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MORE than a fifth of European Union (EU) motorists would not use their cars any less, even if dramatic improvements were made to local public transport systems, a European Commission-funded opinion poll has revealed. Conducted by pollsters Gallup amongst 25,767 people across the EU, the survey said 22% of those favouring cars over other transport means would remain loyal to their vehicles come what may.…
EU RELEASES CAR PRICES REPORT - NATIONAL DIFFERENTIALS REMAIN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DIFFERENTIALS in car prices between the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) persist, the latest showroom survey by the European Commission reveals. While prices in the UK fell by 0.3% from January to July this year, fleet managers looking for bargains would still do well to look abroad, as British prices are often well above the EU average.…
BRITISH GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES CLEAN CAR WEBSITE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UK Department of Transport has launched a website ‘Best on CO2’ designed to help motorists choose cars that emit low levels of carbon dioxide. The site gives information about CO2 emissions by model, for instance that a Hyundai Santa Fe emits 191g/km, while a Toyota Land Cruiser pumps out 238g/km.…
CONSULTATION ON SLASHING CO2 LEVELS TO BE STAGED BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PUBLIC hearing will be staged this Wednesday (11-7) by the European Commission, to ask the transport industry to assess its plans to force reductions in CO2 emissions from vehicles in Europe. Brussels wants to impose an average 120 g/km CO2 emission from new cars by 2012.…
EU MINISTERS APPROVE NEW EU AUTO TYPE APPROVAL SYSTEM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE COUNTDOWN is now on for European Union (EU) manufacturers of trucks, vans, buses, coaches, motor homes and trailers to ensure their models comply with revamped EU vehicle performance rules for automobile design. These so-called ‘type approval’ rules come into play when a manufacturer wants to get a vehicle model approved by a regulator for sale in a particular country.…
GREATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NEEDED TO GUARANTEE HYDROGEN TRANSPORT FUTURE - IEA TOLD
BY PHILIPPA JONES, in Paris
GLOBAL coordination and greater investment is needed if the cars of the future are to run on hydrogen, claimed delegates at a conference in Paris this week. Elevated costs, refuelling networks and production means are all problems that must be tackled, but more basic lacunae should be filled immediately if hydrogen is to fulfil its potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security for the transport sector.…
EU AUTO INDUSTRY FACES TOUGH FIGHT OVER CO2 EMISSIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL and DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels
THE TOUGH fight facing the European Union (EU) auto industry to keep technically achievable, proposals for mandatory caps on CO2 emissions has become clearer this week. The European Parliament yesterday started debating proposed legislation to force carmakers to cut CO2 emissions from new models to an average of 130 grams per kilometer across the fleet by 2012, of which 120 grams per kilometer must be through improved engine technology.…
CONSULTATION ON SLASHING CO2 LEVELS TO BE STAGED BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PUBLIC hearing will be staged this Wednesday (11-7) by the European Commission, to ask the transport industry to assess its plans to force reductions in CO2 emissions from vehicles in Europe. Brussels wants to impose an average 120 g/km CO2 emission from new cars by 2012.…
SCIENTISTS DEVELOP CRUISE-CONTROL SYSTEM REDUCING CAR CONGESTION POLLUTION
BY MONICA DOBIE
TAILGATING may actually be the answer to solving some air pollution woes in large congested cities, claims research published in the International Journal of the Environment and Pollution.
Scientists at India’s Jadavpur University have found that using safe automated tailgating or “platooning” whereby the distance from one vehicle to another is only 1 metre, reduces engine use and hence exhaust emissions, because cars travel in each other’s slipstream.…