Thursday, October 25, 2007
Carmakers get shock emissions reprieve
The European Parliament has softened its demands on carmakers to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
In a spectacular u-turn, the European Union assembly yesterday voted to establish a later deadline of 2015 for emissions curbs and to impose less stringent cuts.
From 2015, MEPs voted that average CO2 emissions from new cars sold in the EU should not exceed 125g/km, which is three years later than the proposed deadline set by the European Commission and 5 g/km less.
DATED: 25.10.07
FEED: MT
