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Surprise! Europeans support fuel efficiency

Here's a shocker: a recent opinion poll conducted in five EU countries and sponsored by Friends of the Earth (FoE) shows that European citizens support measures to force carmakers to reduce the fuel consumption of the cars they produce by 25 per cent without delay; this would mean that auto makers would have to lower their average CO2 emissions to 120 g/km. The poll shows that 87 percent of the interviewed people agreed with this statement. According to FoE, this shows that the European Parliament should vote for establishing the 120 g/km limit ... Read more →

Hey automaker! How's your CO₂ quota for the week? Xavier Navarro

Spain to help you getting rid of that old clunker Xavier Navarro

Is your car more than 15 years old? If so, and you're in Spain, you might be in luck. The Spanish Government thinks that such a vehicle is a very polluting machine and is eager to help you purchasing ...

California unveils major plan to cut emissions Xavier Navarro

California has announced a very ambitious plan to reduce pollution by 10 percent from current levels by 2020. If we take the forecasted population increase into account, that means that the state ...

Mercedes CEO worries about impact of global CO₂ and MPG rules Sebastian Blanco

Mercedes F700 concept Mercedes is not slacking when it comes to building concepts and releasing cleaner vehicles. But, in a fairly standard automotive move these days, while the engineers are ...

Surprise! Europeans support fuel efficiency 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Hey automaker! How's your CO₂ quota for the week? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Here's something that could be useful for car makers: a system that calculates a target CO2 figure based on vehicle weight and the European Commission's so-called 'slope of the line' parameter linking weight to target CO2 as well as the variance from the target figure and any resulting financial ...

Spain to help you getting rid of that old clunker 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

California unveils major plan to cut emissions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

California has announced a very ambitious plan to reduce pollution by 10 percent from current levels by 2020. If we take the forecasted population increase into account, that means that the state intends to reduce annual emissions to 10 tons of CO2 per person in 2020 from 14 tons per person ...

Mercedes CEO worries about impact of global CO₂ and MPG rules 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes F700 concept Mercedes is not slacking when it comes to building concepts and releasing cleaner vehicles. But, in a fairly standard automotive move these days, while the engineers are working, the executives are complaining about patchworks. Speaking in Switzerland, Daimler CEO Dieter ...

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