Press Release: Intelligent cars: Commission leads the drive for safer, greener and smarter cars

The European Commission has outlined new plans to accelerate the drive for safer, cleaner and smarter cars. The Commission will start negotiations with European and Asian automotive industry associations later this year to reach an agreement on offering the pan-European in-vehicle emergency call system (eCall) as a standard option in all new cars from 2010. It will also further promote the take-up of other life-saving technologies and investigate how technology can help make cars greener and smarter.

European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/07/358 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/358&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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