FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) — Germany and France are still far from resolving their differences regarding the EU’s proposed rules on reducing car emissions, Handelsblatt said, citing government sources.
A meeting last Wednesday between German and French officials to find a compromise on car emission targets proposed by the European Commission showed the positions of the two […]
Entries from May 2008
Germany and France still far from agreeing on CO2 rules
May 7th, 2008 · No Comments
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Dacia Romanian plant workers end strike
May 7th, 2008 · No Comments
BUCHAREST (Reuters) — Workers ended a 19-day pay strike at Renault’s Dacia plant in Romania today after management decided to raise employees’ wages by around 23 percent, on average, in 2008, the company said today.
“We signed the agreement … work at the plant resumed at 11:00 CET. We hope to reach normal output levels on […]
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Alternative Car vehicles
May 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Alternative vehicles showcased in China
One experimental clean-energy car runs on natural gas. Another uses ethanol distilled from corn.
A third has a zero-emissions electric motor powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. These alternative vehicles were created not by a global automaker but by China’s small but ambitious car companies, which displayed them Sunday alongside gasoline-powered sedans […]
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