Interesting news from the European union today that Ford will use Volvo’s fleet CO2 performance to offset overruns, caused primarily by problems with the Kuga plugin hybrid (PHEV).
They’ve formed a collective CO2 emissions pool to do so. A few weeks ago, Ford announced that it was looking for partners to work in this way.
The bureaucratic term for it is “Declarations of intent to form Open Pools pursuant to Article 6(5)of Regulation (EU) 2019/631(passenger cars)”
The move begs three questions:
- Is this all the help Ford needs?
- How much are they paying?
- Have Renault missed an opportunity to capitalise on their over-achievement in CO2 reductions?
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