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European boss would welcome stricter emission targets if car makers had more ways to achieve them

Honda’s European boss has campaigned for regulators to allow car makers more flexibility in reducing their emissions, rather than imposing a blanket EV mandate, even if it means stricter CO2 targets.

Hans De Jaeger told Autocar that a lack of “consistency” in the European Commission’s approach to decarbonisation is making life “extremely difficult” for car makers; and that the mandated move to an all-electric fleet is restricting choice for customers and having an adverse impact on new car sales in the region.