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Carmakers Cry Foul as EU’s Climate Plan Takes Aim at Industry
- Commission projects halving C02 emissions from cars by 2030
- Lobby group says targets not achievable without more support
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Automakers balked at the European Union’s plan to set stricter emissions limits for the next decade, saying they lack the government support needed to achieve the targets.
The industry is among the sectors most under fire in the 2030 Climate Target Plan, which calls for the bloc to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 55% from 1990 levels rather than the previously planned 40%. To achieve this, the European Commission sees carmakers needing to gradually phase out combustion engines and roughly halve CO2 emissions from 2021 targets.