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Production of Renault Twingo, other French minicars up thanks to scrappage plans

German car sales shot up after that country started a plan that paid owners of old cars to scrap their rides and buy new ones. It worked so well that the UK and the U.S. quickly started thinking about putting similar plans in place. Automotive News Europe (subs req'd) gives us another reason (four, actually) to think that these plans work, and work well, in getting people to buy a new car. There are scrapping incentives in four of the biggest markets in Europe (Germany, France, Italy and Spain), ANE writes, and these are leading to ... Read more →

EU-sponsored report critical of electric vehicles? Jeremy Korzeniewski

The European Union has been working on new legislation with the goal of reducing overall carbon emissions to just 130 g/km by 2015. Many believe that electric vehicles are the best way to achieve ...

Commission ready to help Europe's car industry Xavier Navarro

As we all know, the auto industry is sometimes subsidized by Governments, especially in hard times like this. In the case of the EU, its Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Industry ...

Europe's proposed CO2 rules might be illegal Sebastian Blanco

More news about the ever-shifting CO2 legislation targets from the European Commission. As you probably recall, the latest talk is that original 120 g/km target will be weakened to 130 g/km and the ...

Europe scales back crop biofuels requirements Sam Abuelsamid

Support for crop-based biofuels is falling in many parts of the world, including Europe. When the European Commission proposed that 10 percent of road transport fuel should come from renewable sources ...

EU continues to backpedal on CO2 standards 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Just the other day, we heard the European Union was thinking of lowering its CO2 standards for automakers. It appears that the rumors were true, as the European Parliament has indeed voted to amend the proposed standards. The details are pretty difficult to follow, as this particular issue has been ...

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne still hating on EU CO2 regulations 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The negotiations regarding proposed European Union CO2 emissions regulations are ongoing, it seems. Even after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicholas Sarkozy agreed to push the starting date from the year 2012 to the year 2015, Fiat's CEO, Sergio Marchionne is still unhappy. ...

Italy not on board with French/German CO2 agreement 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

My, how the tables have turned. First, it was Germany that was in opposition to stringent emissions standards in the European Union which would have regulated the amount of carbon dioxide a vehicle can emit, beginning in 2012. German automakers tend to make large, luxurious vehicles with big, ...

European Commission says no to capping gas tax 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While John McCain's idea of a gas tax holiday was a hit in the U.S. (well, it was a hit with him and Hillary Clinton, anyway), the European Commission is saying no in all sorts of languages to the possibility of the EU capping the value-added tax on fuel. Automotive News Europe reports that the EC ...

Germany and France ready to agree on emissions laws? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The German arguments to European Commission rules aimed at lowering average vehicle CO2 emissions has been well covered. Because many of the major German brands make large, powerful vehicles, the German administration felt that they were being dealt with unfairly. France, for its part, has ...

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne bashes latest EU CO2 proposal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A few years back, the European Commission began drafting tough new standards to regulate the amount of CO2 that vehicles sold in member states could emit -- and its been backing off ever since. While French and Italian company's had no problems at all with the proposed regulations of 120 g/km of ...

European Biodiesel Board files unfair competition complaint against U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The lawsuits and complaints in the green car industry are flying about non-stop these days. Porsche vs. London. Tesla vs. Fisker. Michael Papp's troubles. State-based emissions and fuel economy regulations in the U.S. Here's yet another to add to the list: The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) vs. ...

EU considering compromising on emissions requirements 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It seems so often the case that proposed regulations start out quite high and are then bartered down when the affected parties complain loud enough. This could again be the case with European Union legislation targeting automobile emissions. When the laws were first being considered, the bar was set ...

Review: Deadly Brew, the Human Toll of Ethanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I saw the Bloomberg documentary Deadly Brew, the Human Toll of Ethanol, which aired last Thursday and I have to agree with some of the criticisms that UNICA levels at the film. The documentary, which focused on the working conditions of cane cutters in Brazil, gave both sides but seemed to favor ...

European CO2 debate just getting started 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

U.S. and European Union lawmakers made important legislative decisions late last year. In the U.S., the CAFE rules got hammered out and in the EU, the European Commission decided on some CO2 laws. While these are both just steps along the way to cleaner vehicles, Automotive News Europe's Jason Stein ...

Should Michelin energy saver tires give cars a legal CO2 bonus? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The new Energy Saver tires from Michelin should be good for the environment (or, at least, better than previous tires since they should reduce the CO2 emissions of whatever car they're on by up to seven grams per kilometer, according to a Michelin representative). But, should these tires also be ...

The EU will apply strict controls to carbon capture technology 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As we have explained before, Europe wants to become a green continent and is taking various actions to accomplish this target. One of these efforts is the widespread use of carbon capture technologies. According to EU figures, 40 percent of Europe's carbon emissions come from coal plants that ...

The EU ready to ban imports of certain biofuels 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The EU might forbid imports of certain crops to produce biodiesel, namely palm oil and other imports from Latin America (soy). Lots of reports that have calculated how unsustainable most of these products are: because they destroy natural environments to create croplands, use fossil fuels in the ...

The EU is going to rethink its biofuel policy 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After admitting that no one thought about the environmental or the economic implications of turning specific cropsinto biofuels, the EU has decided to think again about the use of those fuels. The EU's target for biofuels was 10 percent by 2010 but this target is now going to be reviewed. Stavros ...

European automakers are a bunch of whiners over CO2 rules 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Automotive News Europe columnist Tony Lewin (subs req'd) has got a message for the European automakers in the wake of new CO2 laws: stop whining. He didn't say that in so many words (he said that the automakers are letting out "anguished squeals" and "you would have thought that they were told that ...

EU might raise mandatory biodiesel blend 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The European Commission is planning to increase the mandatory percentage of biodiesel that "regular" diesel should contain at European pumps before 2011. Some countries are planning to institute or already demand around 5 percent blends (or more) at the pumps but the plan has never been written on ...

ACEA and voluntary CO2 notes in European car ads 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There are certainly plenty of good reasons to standardize the terminology for a vehicle's CO2 emissions in advertising. Earlier this year, more than one company has gotten into a bit of hot water over misleading ads (see examples regarding Toyota and Lexus and Hummer) and it could certainly help ...

The EU to help developing countries with biofuels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The EU thinks that developing countries can improve their economical growth if they take the biofuels path. How? The 77 ACP (Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) countries can import biofuels into the European Union without any duties. According to the European Comissary for Development, Louis ...

Red turns to Green: Ferrari contemplates how to meet new EU CO2 limits 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

With European Union regulators preparing to clamp down on automotive carbon dioxide emissions, the lower volume manufacturers of high performance cars are wondering how they can possibly meet the new requirements. This conundrum may be partly behind why Porsche has recently taken a controlling ...

European carmakers trying to get their story straight on CO2 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Recently the members of ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association have had diverging positions on CO2 limits being proposed by the European Union. While most are developing new vehicles to meet the proposed regulations, some like Porsche have gone as far as threatening to leave the ...

Transport holds EU back from meeting Kyoto climate change targets 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A new European Environment Agency (EEA) report has been published that identifies transport as a major stumbling block for the European Union in trying to reach its Kyoto climate change targets. The report, 'Transport and Environment: on the way to a new common transport policy', calls for policy ...

Eastern European biodiesel production up and up 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Rapeseed fields yield biodiesel boom for Eastern Europe. Major biodiesel plant openings in Hungary and Slovenia signal continued growth in biodiesel produced in Eastern Europe. With biodiesel now required as a percentage of all diesel sold in affluent Western European countries like Germany and ...

European Commission's Green plan for cars stalls 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Less than two weeks after being proposed, the European Commission's plan to force Europe's car industry to reduce new car carbon dioxide emissions to 120 grams per kilometre / 2.6 ounces per mile, has been shelved by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Meant to be part of a wider ...

EU drivers to get their old cars scrapped for free 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The European Union End of Life Vehicles directive has been extended to require car makers to scrap all their old cars free of charge. Previously the directive had required that cars produced post-2002 be scrapped for free. As the value of scrap metal has fallen, motorists in the United Kingdom have ...


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