Thursday, March 29, 2007
Europe Tightens CO2 Standards with Two Directives
Europe Tightens CO2 Standards with Two Directives
The European Commission has proposed two directives to combat CO2 emissions from cars.
The first proposal will force carmakers to cut CO2 emissions from new cars by 18% by 2012. Carmakers would be responsible for getting emissions down to 130 grams of CO2 per kilometer (g/km) through technology improvements.
The second proposal, which updates a fuel-quality directive from 1998, outlines new fuel-quality standards that aim to achieve, by 2020, a 10% reduction in CO2 emissions throughout the whole product life cycle.
Read the full report from here @ The American Chemical Society web page
The European Commission has proposed two directives to combat CO2 emissions from cars.
The first proposal will force carmakers to cut CO2 emissions from new cars by 18% by 2012. Carmakers would be responsible for getting emissions down to 130 grams of CO2 per kilometer (g/km) through technology improvements.
The second proposal, which updates a fuel-quality directive from 1998, outlines new fuel-quality standards that aim to achieve, by 2020, a 10% reduction in CO2 emissions throughout the whole product life cycle.
Read the full report from here @ The American Chemical Society web page
Labels: autos-europe, benchmarking, climate-change, climate-change-europe, co2, environment, europe, regulations
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Skoda Auto introduces biofuel, gas-fuelled models
Skoda Auto introduces biofuel, gas-fuelled models
28 March 2007
Czech car maker Skoda Auto today introduced two Skoda Octavia models running on biofuel and natural gas, and announced that it was ready to launch the production of the two models next year if there was good demand. The Skoda Octavia has a 1.6 MPI engine running on so-called FlexiFuel, a mixture of biofuel and petrol.
28 March 2007
Czech car maker Skoda Auto today introduced two Skoda Octavia models running on biofuel and natural gas, and announced that it was ready to launch the production of the two models next year if there was good demand. The Skoda Octavia has a 1.6 MPI engine running on so-called FlexiFuel, a mixture of biofuel and petrol.
Labels: autos, autos-europe, europe, transportation, transportation-europe
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Monday, March 26, 2007
Diesels Come Clean - Business Week
Diesels Come Clean
by Matt Vella
In Europe gas costs more than $5 a gallon. In the U.S., it's under $3. In Europe, diesel-powered cars and trucks account for 50% of all auto sales. In the U.S., they are less than 4%. What do the Europeans know that Americans don't?
They know that diesels provide superior fuel-economy without sacrificing performance. The main concern for most Americans is that the hangover from the smoky, smelly diesels of the 1970s remains fresh in many minds. But changes in the supply of diesel fuel, emerging cleaner-burning technologies, and growing consumer concern over the environment and fuel economy in particular are creating new opportunities for automakers willing to dabble in diesel, says this article
Read the full article here @ Business Week, 26 Mar 2007 issue
by Matt Vella
In Europe gas costs more than $5 a gallon. In the U.S., it's under $3. In Europe, diesel-powered cars and trucks account for 50% of all auto sales. In the U.S., they are less than 4%. What do the Europeans know that Americans don't?
They know that diesels provide superior fuel-economy without sacrificing performance. The main concern for most Americans is that the hangover from the smoky, smelly diesels of the 1970s remains fresh in many minds. But changes in the supply of diesel fuel, emerging cleaner-burning technologies, and growing consumer concern over the environment and fuel economy in particular are creating new opportunities for automakers willing to dabble in diesel, says this article
Read the full article here @ Business Week, 26 Mar 2007 issue
Labels: autos, autos-europe, autos-usa, diesel, diesel-usa, environment, gasoline, gasoline-usa, transportation-europe, transportation-usa, usa
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