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Europe Cuts CO2 Emissions From Cars By 3.7 Percent [1]

The fuel efficiency of European cars advanced last year, with exhaust carbon emissions falling 3.7 percent, provisional European Union data showed on Wednesday.

The EU, home to 500 million people, has set a target for cutting average emissions from new cars to 130 grams of CO2 per kilometer by 2015.

Last year's improvements bring the average emissions of new cars to 140 grams, putting the EU

Publication Date: 
30/06/2011
Pete Harrison [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
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Fuel Efficiency [4], Climate Change [5], Europe [6], Carbon Dioxide [7], Auto Industry [8], Zero Emissions Vehicles [9], Air Pollution Control [10]
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