Delayed auto emissions targets to cost EU £21bn

Jessica Shankleman
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Compromise deal agreed following heavy lobbying from Germany concerned about luxury car industry

A compromise deal struck by EU environment ministers to tackle car emissions could actually generate an extra 50 million tonnes of CO2 and cost motorists nearly £650 each, an environmental group has warned....

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