A regression on climate policy: The European Commission’s legislation to reduce CO2 emissions from automobiles

A quantitative analysis of the European

A quantitative analysis of the European Automakers’ voluntary commitment to reduce CO2 emissions from new passenger cars based on independent experimental data

✍ Georgios Fontaras; Zissis Samaras 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 439 KB

The reduction of CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption from road transportation constitutes an important pillar of the European Union strategy for implementing the Kyoto Protocol. The commitment to reduce passenger car average CO 2 emissions at 140 g/km in 2008 signed by European car manufacturers and