'We are not making abstract statements': BMW maps out 10-year climate plan backed by major EV push

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German car giant sets Science-Based Targets to cut lifecycle CO2 per vehicle manufactured by a third over the next decade, covering manufacturing and fuel consumption

BMW has shifted its climate action, waste and hydrogen efforts up a gear in a new sustainability roadmap for the next decade which sets a series of green targets aligned with climate science. German...

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