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GLOBAL WARMING: European Car Manufacturers and Motoring Clubs ask Recognition for Role of Fuel-Effic

The European car manufacturers and the European motoring clubs support the aim of the European Commission to encourage further energy efficiency as a vital element to achieve sustainable mobility and strengthen the competitiveness of the EU economy.

In the interest of all automotive stakeholders, including the mobile consumers, FIA and ACEA stress the need to combine efforts and to adopt a cost-efficient approach. Technological innovations, infrastructure improvement, the use of alternative fuels and behavioural changes have to be combined to achieve the most cost-efficient energy consumption.

Both FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) and ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association) support the consistent and comprehensive approach chosen by the European Commission in its recent Energy Efficiency Action Plan. The current technology-based approach to reduce car emissions needs to be supplemented with infrastructure and behaviour related measures, as is the case in other sectors.

Amongst other efforts, both motoring clubs and car manufacturers help motorists increase the energy efficiency of their cars by offering fuel-efficient driving courses. Long-term analysis shows that the promotion of such driver information and education schemes increases overall fuel efficiency of passenger cars by five to ten percent, a nonnegligible contribution to reducing greenhouse gasses.

The potential support for eco-driving from gear-shift indicators1 is currently being investigated with the support of the European Commission as well as ACEA and FIA. Such devices could help motorists in realising the full potential of eco-driving, which has been demonstrated to be large in many studies.

FIA and ACEA urge the European Commission to include fuel-efficient driving into future strategy proposals in the view of reaching most cost-efficient policy.

Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile	Association des Constructeurs Européens d’Automobiles
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Olivier Lenz,	Sigrid de Vries
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