CO2 limits on cars risk ‘social catastrophe’, industry says

The European Commission may have underestimated the impact a “forced push” for more electric cars could have on EU jobs, Europe’s leading carmaker association has said as lawmakers begin in earnest to look into newly proposed limits on CO2 emissions.

Carmakers are concerned that unrealistic targets in the Commission's CO2 reduction proposal could cost jobs, while others claim they will actually boost jobs in the long run. [Shutterstock]

Sam Morgan Euractiv 06-09-2018 07:01 4 min. read Content type: Euractiv is part of the Trust Project

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