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Cleaner cars mean more jobs at BMW

December 16, 2010

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.

[mailchimp_signup][/mailchimp_signup]A spokesman for the company said it wanted to bring in experts to work on electric vehicles, hybrid powertrains and cleaner combustion engines to increase its production of cars with lower CO2 emissions, because of the increasing need to comply with environmental regulations. T&E says it is the latest evidence that suggests environmental regulation leads to job creation.

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