This briefing covers the EU's draft proposal on cutting co2 emissions to 95g CO2 / km by 2020. It gives an overview of the benefits of regulating new car fuel efficiency and co2 emissions and examines whether past claims made by the automotive industry about the impact of such legislation actually came true.
European cities and civil society groups have warned that accepting lower US car standards will see more dangerous vehicles flood into Europe
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New analysis finds long-range plug-in hybrids and extended-range electric vehicles are a diversion on the road to zero emissions.