European cars: Dirty Daimler

The European Commission is set to announce tough fuel economy standards on December 19. Everyone is in favour - less thirsty cars help make expensive oil go further and slow down global warming. But the details are proving devilish. From here, it looks like the new rules will work to the advantage of the German carmakers. That’s ironic, since they make the largest and least fuel-efficient cars. Improving gas mileage is expensive - from E500 to E2450 per car to hit the expected average emissions...