European auto industry questions 2021 COā target
The European auto industry is questioning existing and future EU car fleet COā emission limits, reports news agency dpa in an article carried by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. āOur industry is worrying about whether weāll be able to reach the 2021 target [of reducing the fleet average to be achieved by all new cars to 95 grams of COā per kilometre], because thatās obviously going to be tricky,ā Erik Jonnaert, secretary general of the European Automobile Manufacturersā Association (ACEA), told dpa. Jonnaert also rejects the to reduce car emissions by 30 percent by 2030, compared to 2021. āOf course it feels good to have an ambitious reduction target on paper, but we want to make sure that whatās put down is also reached, at least in our industry,ā he said.
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Find background in the news piece German government struggles to find common position on new EU climate targets for cars, and the article German environment ministry pushes for tougher EU car emission rules.