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EU Commission set to announce cleaner car plans

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is expected on Wednesday to publish plans to tighten limits on how much carbon dioxide cars and vans can emit, the latest step towards EU goals of cutting fuel bills and curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is expected on Wednesday to publish plans to tighten limits on how much carbon dioxide cars and vans can emit, the latest step towards EU goals of cutting fuel bills and curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

The binding 2020 targets, limiting CO2 to an average of 95 grams per kilometer (g/km) for cars and 147 g/km for vans, have divided the auto industry over how they should be distributed across the European fleet.

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