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Europe's proposed CO₂ rules might be illegal

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 timeline to reach that goal will be extended. Turns out, we may never see a vote on the new numbers because the EU Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee decided last week that the 130 g/km target would be illegal and work on any proposed legislation might have to start all over again next year. The UK's Clean Green Cars dug a bit into the legal ... Read more →

New CO₂ limits for 2015 instead? Xavier Navarro

Photo of the European Parliament published under the GNU Documentation License Ok, I have to admit that this is becoming quite the complicated story. The basics are that the European Parliament ...

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 ...

Maximum CO₂ mandatory levels likely to be delayed in the EU Xavier Navarro

The EU will likely offer a "discount" for automakers regarding CO2 emission levels. Günther Verheugen (pictured above), vice-president of the European Commission and Industry Commissioner, is ...

Auto Alliance lobbying state legislatures in CO₂ fight Sebastian Blanco

Colorado Capitol. Photo by Cpt. Spock. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. We know that 18 states are getting serious with legal action against the EPA on a national level, but local ...

The European Parliament would trade high CO₂ figures for safety 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The European Parliament has approved a report that supports automakers' demands: the automakers can produce new models that emit more CO2 than the proposed average, as long as the additional emissions are direct consequence of safety measures. The report also asks the European Commission to ...

The EU enforces CO2 limits and will fine polluting carmakers 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It's all set: The European Commission has decided to enforce CO2 emission limits. From a current limit of 160 g/km, marques selling in the EU have to lower that figure to 130 g/km (not quite a low as the original 120 g/km target). In order to do the math, marques will have to calculate the average ...

Austria institutes CO₂-based bonus-malus tax system for cars 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Austria is also changing its taxing system to "punish" the most polluting cars on the road. The new tax scheme, which is called NoVa-Reform, consists of a bonus-malus system that saves or adds taxes to cars depending on a number of factors. The system results more complicated than the British or ...

Lamborghini trying also to become greener 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Lamborghini is ranked among the most polluting brands in Europe and the US. But, as the same way Ferrari is aware that they have to do something about their not-so-green reputation, Lamborghini has made public its intentions to improve CO2 emissions. Of course, a brand which makes performance and ...

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