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Green car test shows "much room for improvement"

ENDS Europe
Wednesday 20 August 2008

The car industry "needs to reach the next level" in cutting carbon dioxide and other pollutant emissions, the International automobile federation (FIA), which represents car users, said on Monday after releasing its latest vehicle environment assessments.  Even the Toyota Prius hybrid car - the "best ever performer" - has yet to achieve a maximum five star rating, the FIA said.  It acknowledged the difficulty in addressing CO2 and other air pollutants simultaneously but said this was "the standard all must aim for across all of their models".  See FIA press release.

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