MEPs adopt stricter CO2 emissions targets for European trucks and buses

The European Parliament has adopted new measures to strengthen CO2 emission reduction targets for new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs).

Heavy-duty vehicles are responsible for more than 25% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from road transport in the EU and account for over 6% of total EU GHG emissions.

According to the commission’s legislative proposal tabled on February 2023, reducing these emissions is crucial to the EU’s objectives of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and lowering...

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