Report: Car makers can drive efficiency gains without driving up prices

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Manufacturers have already reached emissions levels of 140g CO2/km, despite previous claims that improvements would make cars unaffordable

Claims by the auto industry that mandatory efficiency targets would make cars unaffordable have been scotched by figures showing 2010's new cars were, on average, more efficient and emitted less CO2 than...

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