Call for limit on truck CO2 emissions

Britain and three other countries have joined calls for mandatory EU limits on the amount of CO2 pumped out by trucks, which account for 30% of road transport emissions but only a small fraction of vehicles on the road.

The European Commission has introduced a limit of 95 grams of CO2 per kilometre (g/km) by 2021 for cars and vans, but emissions from heavy duty vehicles are unregulated. The United States by contrast in June proposed tighter standards on truck emissions.

Britain, Belgium, Slovenia and the Netherlands are calling for the commission to introduce CO2 limits for trucks, according to submissions to a commission questionnaire, adding their weight to calls from Germany’s Federal Environment Agency in August for CO2 targets for trucks.