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Article: Increasing Fuel Prices and Strict Emission Reforms to Bolster Sales of Hybrid Vehicles in Europe.
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- PR Newswire Europe
- Article date:
- February 20, 2006
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LONDON, February 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Stringent emission reforms combined with increasing fuel prices are generating growing demand for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) in Europe, while reducing dependency on fossil fuels. In keeping with this trend, all European Union (EU) vehicle manufacturers are likely to hybridise their vehicles by the end of the decade.
Hybrid vehicles - comprising micro, mild and full hybrid vehicles - provide enhanced driving performance as well as savings in fuel consumption and also lowers carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions therefore assuming increased significance.
"Improved penetration, particularly of micro hybrid vehicles in ...