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New cars sold in Europe in 2011 were 3.3% more fuel efficient than those sold in 2010; increasing diesel uptake

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In order to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transport, carmakers have a collective target for the average car sold in the EU to emit a maximum of 130g CO 2 /km by 2015 and 95g CO 2 /km by 2020. Last year the EEA reported that manufacturers had some distance to go to meet the 2015 target.

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How Russia Sent Ukraine Racing Into the “Energy Eurozone”

Cars That Think

Tight coal and gas reserves continued to bite throughout the winter. “We ius says the situation also has helped the Baltic states on Russia’s far western flank: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. And it’s been seven years since IEEE Spectrum covered the Baltics' aspirations in 2015. ius told IEEE Spectrum yesterday.

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