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* USA - Hybrid Electric VehicleUSA -PR -2 Nov 2006: -- FedEx Express, together with Environmental Defense and Eaton Corporation, introduced the FedEx OptiFleet E700, an environmentally-superior delivery truck, into its delivery fleet in 2004... The new vehicle is expected to decrease particulate emissions by 96 percent, reduce smog-causing emissions by 65 percent, and travel 57 percent farther on a gallon of fuel, reducing fuel costs by over a third...
* Europe -EU may seek tougher car carbon dioxide rules
BRUSSELS, Belgium -Associated Press, by Aoife White -Nov 04, 2006: -- The European Union may need new rules to force carmakers to cut carbon dioxide because they are unlikely to meet voluntary targets, an EU spokeswoman said... The European Commission will push for new legislation when it reports in December on industry efforts to achieve average emissions for new European cars of 140 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer by 2008, spokeswoman Mireille Thom said. Japanese and Korean manufacturers agreed to meet the same target by 2009... EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas is proposing the legislation "because the reports indicate that the voluntary commitments may not be delivering what was expected," Thom said. In 2004, new European cars had an average of 161 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer, while Korean automakers registered 168 grams per kilometer and Japanese 170 grams per kilometer...
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