Tuesday, March 25, 2008
SMMT highlights green progress
The SMMT has highlighted the progress made by carmakers in cutting CO2 emissions in the wake of the government’s assault on gas guzzlers in the Budget.
Having pointed out average new car C02 emissions have dropped 13 per cent in a decade, SMMT chief executive Paul Everitt said: “The UK new car market is characterised by significant and consistent CO2 reductions.”
In the SMMT’s New Car CO2 Report 2008 Everitt claimed the motor industry backed CO2-based taxation as part of an integrated approach to cut emissions. But he said motorists must also be offered incentives to choose greener cars while legislation must not suppress the “diversity of UK manufacturers and choice in the market place”.
DATED: 25.03.08
FEED: MT
