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Automotive News Europe, July, 2005
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Finally, the European Commission and automakers are starting to be honest about Europe's dirty little secret.
Manufacturers won't reduce CO2 emissions to 140 grams per kilometer by their voluntary 2008 or 2009 deadline. It shouldn't be a surprise. It has been increasingly clear that target was too ambitious.
So now what? If everybody wants to play the blame game, there is plenty of ammunition.
It is easy to say automakers made bigger, more powerful cars that emit more CO2. They did.
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