European car manufacturers are set to face even tighter emissions targets by the end of next decade, although penalties for missing them will be reduced, under proposals from the UK, Germany and France.
Gordon Brown, along with French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are lobbying the EU to impose CO2 emission restrictions of 110 grams per kilometre by 2020, on top of current targets for 120 grams by 2015. The aim is to encourage a shift towards electrically powered vehicles, as the emission targets are…
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