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EU loan sought for environmental cars

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:26:00 CET

Europe's car makers have asked the Commission for a �40 billion loan to develop environment-friendly vehicles, unleashing some critical reactions.

New particle limits

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:25:00 CET

New Euro-5 and Euro-6 rules on particle emissions from cars and light vehicles are now law. This follows agreement by member states in July under EU 'comitology' procedure.

The real story behind why a win:win directive is in danger

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:00:00 CET

Editorial by Jos Dings What a month! We knew when the Commission proposed Europe's first mandatory emissions standards for new cars that getting the legislation passed would mean a bumpy ride, but the events of September really were dramatic. Yet how many people really understand what is behind this increasingly polarised issue?

MEPs stand up for fuel-efficient cars

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 CET

Despite enormous pressure from the car industry and car producing countries, the European Parliament has stood firm on plans to reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions from new cars.

Stand up for any colour car - as long as it's green

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:00:00 CET

From today's Financial Times: The European car industry claims to comprise the Continent�s �most innovative entrepreneurs� (Letters, September 16). Hmmm. The 1948 Beetle used 7.5 litres of petrol per 100km; the biggest-selling version of the New Beetle uses the same.

MEPs' call for 'phased' CO2 limits amounts to a postponement, IEEP study shows

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:33:00 CET

The European Parliament�s industry committee has proposed a weakening of the EU draft legislation on cutting carbon dioxide emissions from cars, calling for a �phased� approach. T&E says the proposal, if adopted, will make the new rules �almost completely meaningless� and is calling on the EP�s environment committee to reject the idea.

Now is not the time to slow the momentum on better cars

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:51:00 CET

Editorial by Aat Peterse, T&E Policy Officer So it can be done! The news from our third progress report on car makers� efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions shows BMW as the star reducer at 7.3%. What is perhaps even more telling is that this progress was made across the entire fleet of cars that BMW brings to market.

No charge

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:42:00 CET

The newly elected mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has abandoned plans for basing the London congestion charge on CO2 emissions. The plans, which included charging the worst cars over �30 and led to a legal challenge from Porsche, were launched earlier this year by Johnson�s predecessor Ken Livingstone. The London congestion charge remains unaltered.

Vote to ban SUVs

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:37:00 CET

Campaigners in Switzerland have collected enough signatures to force a vote on a motion that would effectively ban Sport Utility Vehicles.

The Impact of Phasing in Passenger Car CO₂ Targets on Levels of Compliance (IEEP)

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:15:34 CET

The purpose of this analysis is to ascertain what would be the effect of phasing in the proposed targets for Passenger Car CO₂ as has been proposed in amendments tabled in the European Parliament � ie what would happen if only a specified percentage of all sales for each manufacturer were required to comply with each manufacturer group�s target in a given year?

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