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EU Committee Backs Tougher CO2 Standards
The European Parliament’s environmental committee has endorsed proposals that would lower allowable carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars by 20% in 2025 and 45% by 2030 compared with levels in 1990.
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The European Parliament’s environmental committee has endorsed proposals that would lower allowable carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars by 20% in 2025 and 45% by 2030 compared with levels in 1990.
The new targets compare with the current goals of lowering CO2 by 15% and 30%, respectively. Cars in Europe currently are allowed to emit an average of no more than 130 g/km of CO2. That limit is scheduled to drop to 95 g/km by 2021.
Carmakers have opposed the tougher rules. They say the standards would force a dramatic shift to electric powertrains that consumers have shown little enthusiasm about buying. Last year electrified vehicles, most of them hybrids, captured less than 2% of the European market.
The proposed standards face a vote by the full Parliament in October. If approved, the rules would move to the European Union’s 28 member nations for ratification.
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