Regulation & Safety

European auto industry faces tough CO2 emissions reduction target for 2030

The target means that by 2030 around a third of new cars in Europe will be electric or hydrogen-powered, lobbying group Transport & Environment said. Pictured are electric Volkswagen Golf models. (© Tobias Schwarz / Reuters/REUTERS)
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December 17, 2018 10:36 PM

BRUSSELS -- Auto industry groups warned that a European Union goal to cut CO2 emissions from cars by 37.5 percent and from vans by 31 percent by 2030 compared to 2021 levels would threaten automotive jobs and consumer choice.

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