Race To Cut Vehicle CO2 Emissions

The EU is keen to push through proposals that would commit car manufacturers to limit new vehicles to carbon emissions of just 95g per kilometer (about the same as the current Toyota Prius) by 2020.

The proposals are still being voted on by MEPs (Not sure what the schedule is), but they are the EU's response to the US's recent commitment to 93g/km by 2025 (An enormous ask for a US car industry that has fought any and all emission cut plans for decades, but I'm sure they're up to it once they get over the denial stage).

Apart from helping out in the fight against climate change, it will also cut drivers' fuel bills, and create tens of thousands of new jobs. More here.

The only fly on the wind-screen is that car companies are becoming adept at fiddling the official emissions tests (See here). The EU need to sort that out quickly. A new test may be out by 2016 but the manufacturers are fighting it. Of course.