Press Release: Further CO2 emission reductions from cars and vans: a win-win for the climate, consumers, innovation and jobs

The European Commission put forward proposals to implement targets that will further considerably reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new cars and light commercial vehicles (vans) by 2020.

The proposals will cut average emissions from new cars to 95 grams of CO2 per km (g CO2/km) in 2020 from 135.7g in 2011 and a mandatory target of 130g in 2015. Emissions from vans will be reduced to 147g CO2/km in 2020 from 181.4g in 2010 (the latest year for which figures are available) and a mandatory target of 175g in 2017.

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European Commission: Memo/12/548: Climate action: Questions and Answers on the proposals to reduce CO2 emissions from cars and vans further by 2020 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/548&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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