Germany has won an extra year on an EU requirement that all cars sold in the region should have C02 emissions of 75g/km or less by 2020.This follows what many countries saw as heavy-handed negotiating tactics from Germany to change an agreement that was made as recently as June of this year. Angela Merkel had argued for a less stringent regime in order to protect the large premium German cars industry from which she had received financial political support.
In the latest agreement, the 2020 deadline has been stretched to 2021. In addition, a 'super credits' agreement which allowed manufacturers who built very low emission vehicles such as electric vehicles, extra leeway in the emissions target was also modified.
