"Trend of CO2-related taxation continues"
"The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation has gone up to fifteen in 2008. With Germany set to introduce CO2 related taxation in July of 2009, all Western European countries levy passenger car taxes that are partially o[r] totally based on the car’s carbon dioxide emissions and/or fuel consumption, completing a trend that peaked in 2007 and 2008."
This reports ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association. According to ACEA, the key to battling CO2 emissions is large-scale fleet renewal. "Fleet renewal improves both the CO2 efficiency and the level of pollutant emissions of cars and is essential to achieve the environmental targets society has set."
At ACEA's website, two interesting related resources can be found (follow the source link below).
- An overview of CO2 taxation around Europe.
- An overview of scrapping schemes in the European Union.
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