The demands by politicians pushing for the environmental vote ‘would cost each car producer a few billions of euros because reducing further grams of CO2 would be always be more expensive’. The EU has proposed rules requiring carmakers to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new cars to an average 130g/km by 2012.
In the US, legislators are planning to similar moves to curb production of vehicles that use too much fuel. On the table are draft rules that would require an annual increase in economy of 4%, something the carmakers feel could pave the way for even greater sales of import vehicles from Asia.
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