Car Makers Lag EU's CO2 Vision, Japan Worst - Study
Car makers are not doing enough to meet the European Union's proposed targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions, with several Japanese car brands facing the biggest challenge to make the grade, a report said on Tuesday. Overall, car makers will have to cut CO2 emissions by 17 percent to reach the proposed goals for 2012, the report by environment group T&E said. French and Italian car makers are furthest along that road, while Germany's luxury BMW brand is making the fastest moves to catch up, added the report, based on European Commission sales data from 18 EU countries.