European carmakers clash on emissions

Article reported that a row had broken out in 2012 over carbon dioxide regulation between Germany’s profitable premium carmakers (VW, Daimler and BMW) and their cash-strapped French and Italian competitors (such as Peugeot, Fiat and Opel).

The dispute centred on the complex but financially critical formula used by the European Commission to assign long-term CO2-cutting targets to individual manufacturers.

ESO: Background information: Reducing CO2 emissions from cars http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-reducing-co2-emissions-from-cars/

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