Cleaner cars mean more jobs at BMW
The German car maker BMW wants to recruit 2600 new employees in the next few months as part of efforts to make its fleet more environment-friendly.
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Don't weaken vans limits, says T&E after car industry 'exaggeration'
T&E says its latest figures monitoring the efforts of car makers to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from new cars show the industry exaggerated the difficulty of reducing emissions when the latest CO2 reduction target was agreed in 2008. Toyota has almost reached the target six years early, with other car makers not far behind. T&E says the figures are a warning to MEPs and ministers that they should not water down proposed limits for emissions from vans which are currently going through the EU legislative process.
Commission criticised by its own monitor
The EU’s ombudsman has found the Commission guilty of ‘maladministration’ over the failure to release correspondence between Brussels and European car makers.
Better future for e-cars than renewables?
A leading bank says it expects the market for electric vehicles to be bigger than the market for renewable energy over the next 10 years.
Porsche fined over misleading data
A court in Germany has fined the sports car maker Porsche €20 000 for giving false information about its cars’ fuel consumption and climate emissions in a magazine published by the company.
The costs of subsidising company cars
Company cars are generally undertaxed in the EU, distorting the economy, adding welfare costs to society including greater CO2 emissions, and generating artificial demand for larger cars.
Commission wants CO2 limits for lorries
Efforts to reduce climate emissions from road freight transport were given a boost last month when the Commission suggested the introduction of carbon dioxide emissions standards for the first time. The idea has been floated in a communication on clean and energy-efficient vehicles, which concentrates mainly on setting a framework for the development of electric cars.
CO2-based car taxes
The number of EU member countries that have a CO2-based form of car taxation has increased to 17, according to figures from the European car makers association Acea.
Brussels is the EU's most congested city
Brussels is not just the capital of the EU, but the EU’s most congested city.
30% CO2 reduction through 80 km/h speed limit
Research by the respected Dutch consultancy CE Delft has shown that carbon dioxide emissions from road transport could be reduced by 30% if motorway speed limits in the Netherlands were set at 80 km/h.