What Europe did
Or not
Europe shows how complex the diesel predicament can get if fuel economy regulations and local pollution abatement strategies are not equally stringent. The car industry in Europe agreed to meet a stringent voluntary CO2 reduction target for the vehicle fleet (140 gm/km on a fleet wide basis) by 2008. Lack of company-specific and vehicle class targets allowed European industry to heavily increase the share of diesel cars
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