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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

Green Car Congress

Thus, in 2013 the European Union fleet already collectively met its legal target for 2015. On average, the most efficient cars were bought in the Netherlands (109 g CO 2 /km), Greece (111g) and Portugal (112g) while the country selling the least efficient cars was Latvia (147g) followed by Estonia (147g) and Bulgaria (142g).

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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

Cars That Think

Ford marketed it by saying this was a way of never getting a speeding ticket again.”. Deferring to the guy behind the wheel checks a lot of boxes—human pride, legal niggling, and the engineer’s fear of false positives. Mandates aren’t the only way.

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