car CO2 limit News
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Reducing CO2 emissions from cars
The EU Environment Council that met last week in Luxemburg discussed, in a public session, a draft regulation aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from new passenger cars. The planned legislation is part of the Union's strategy to combat climate change. At present, passenger cars account for about 12 % of carbon emissions in the European Union. All member states agree on the objective of reducing ...
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Germany blocks vote on agreed CO2 limit for cars – again
In a secret session, European Union member states today delayed for the third time a vote to rubber stamp a deal to limit emissions from new cars to 95g CO2/km by 2020. This June, the European Parliament, the Commission and EU governments struck a fairly negotiated deal confirming the 95g target. Germany wants its luxury carmakers to be allowed to keep selling even more gas-guzzling cars for ...
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Germany pushes to delay agreed CO2 limit for cars by four years
The German government has proposed to postpone the implementation of the 95g CO2/km standard for new cars from 2020 to 2024, according to a proposal distributed to European ministers last Friday. This latest German attempt would effectively raise the 2020 target by nearly 10% to 104 g/km in 2020. It would also raise the average new car driver’ fuel bills by €138 a year as new vehicles ...
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Volkswagen and Greenpeace Underline Strict CO2 Limits for New Cars
(Marketwire) - At the beginning of the Geneva Motor Show on March 4, 2013, the Volkswagen Group announced for the first time its far-reaching decision to reduce the fuel consumption of its new vehicle fleet to a greater extent than had previously been intended. This decision was underscored by Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Executive Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, ...
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Transport to become largest source of CO2 emissions if politicians don’t act decisively, UN experts warn
The latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report published today alerts global leaders to the growing threat of uncontrolled transport emissions. The UN's climate panel says that transport is set to become the world’s biggest source of CO2 emissions unless lawmakers take strong action now. The report states: “Without aggressive and sustained policies ...
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EC`s research centre opens new CO2 emissions testing laboratory
European Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potočnik, has opened a new facility for testing fuel consumption and emissions of trucks and buses. The new installation, 'VELA 7' at the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra (Northern Italy), realistically simulates wind drag, tyre/road friction and full drive cycles for real-life articulated lorries of up to 40 tonnes or ...
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