Brussels, 10/09/2015 (Agence Europe) - New US standards on fuel consumption by heavy goods vehicles will force American makers to build cleaner lorries than their European counterparts, overtaking them between 2017 and 2020, claims Transport & Environment (T&E), a group which campaigns for cleaner transport, in an article published on 7 September.
Currently, average fuel consumption by American lorries is 36 litres per 100 kilometres compared with a little over 34l/100km in Europe. The...