T&E

Two Beetles; sixty years apart; same fuel efficiency

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:00:00 CET

The 1948 and 2008 Volkswagen Beetles, separated by sixty years of advances in automobile design, but sharing the same level of fuel efficiency. This startling fact is highlighted in a new advertising campaign launched today by Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) and Transport and Environment (T&E).

BMW leaps ahead on new car CO2 emissions, others still stalling

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:01:00 CET

BMW AG improved fuel efficiency last year at four times the average rate of major manufacturers, new figures show. But the overall performance of the industry was not enough to meet proposed climate targets for new cars.

Reducing CO2 Emissions from New Cars: A Study of Major Car Manufacturers' Progress in 2007

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:31:57 CET

Reducing CO2 Emissions from New Cars: A Study of Major Car Manufacturers' Progress in 2007

Footprint as Utility Parameter: Exec. Summary of Report by IEEP/CE/TNO

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:53:43 CET

A technical assessment of the possibility of using Footprint as the utility parameter for regulating Passenger car CO2 emissions in the EU

Footprint as Utility Parameter: Report by IEEP/CE/TNO

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:49:43 CET

A technical assessment of the possibility of using footprint as the utility parameter for regulating Passenger car CO2 emissions in the EU.

Car makers failing on efficiency data

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:49:00 CET

Car makers are failing to give information on environmental performance, according to a study of car companies in France, Germany and Italy.

Manchester proposes congestion charge

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:46:00 CET

Manchester has become the latest city to propose a congestion charge. The city says congestion is costing businesses money and depriving the city of skilled workers. Five other major European cities (Bergen, Oslo, London, Stockholm and Milan) have congestion charges.

Let's hand some power back to customers over choice of tyres!

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:28:00 CET

Editorial by Nina Renshaw, T&E Policy Officer What's black and round, saves you money, protects the climate, improves your health and makes you more popular with your neighbours?

Cars-CO2 deal 'unacceptable'

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:20:00 CET

Italy has reacted angrily to last month's French-German deal on car emissions worked out by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy.

EU spending �1 billion a day on oil imports as leaders backtrack on efficient cars

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:46:38 CET

For the first time in history European Union member states are spending over �1 billion every day on imported oil, four times more than in 2003 and smashing all previous records, according to analysis by Transport and Environment (T&E). But European leaders are failing to make the connection between rocketing oil prices and worrying levels of oil dependence on the one hand, and the need to tackle Europe's gas guzzling car fleet on the other.