Car companies have to cut emissions

The European Commission is proposing to force car manufacturers to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 18% for new vehicles since 2012.

A spokesman for the EU said the commission is aiming to cut car emissions by 25% in general, and will largely be attributed to the introduction of new car manufacturing technologies. It is expected to achieve the remainder of this cut through other measures such as the use of biofuels or better tires.

The European Commission wants to aggressively cut greenhouse gas emissions

Details of this plan are being released today, Wednesday, after two weeks of delay. This is a divisive issue in the European Commission.

The EU's high commissioner for the environment, Stavros Dimas, wants to force car manufacturers to cut all of the polluting emissions by 25%, but is strongly opposed by German car makers. as well as from the High Commissioner for Industry Guenter Verheugen.

Sources say Dimas's proposal will increase the cost of producing a car by an additional 2,500 euros, while other studies say this will only increase the cost to 600 euros.

Reports from Brussels say the Commission will propose a package of measures designed to cut CO ₂ emissions of new cars at an average of 120g / km in 2012 compared to the measured level of 2005 is 162g / km.

Car manufacturers will be responsible for providing better production technologies to cut emissions. European car companies agreed in 1998 that they aim to cut emissions to 140g / km in 2008/9, but they do not expect to have to deal with this new target. half.

The EU initially wanted to cut emissions to below 120g / km in 2005, but then had to change back to 2012.