Traduction de «Fuel-efficient driving » (Anglais → Français) :

Through eco-driving initiatives Member States are aiming to improve the fuel efficiency of vehicles, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving road safety and reducing the number of accidents.

While lorries, buses and coaches have been subject to similar air pollution standards as cars and vans, and are now required to meet them under real driving conditions, the EU has neither fuel efficiency standards for them, nor system to monitor their carbon dioxide emissions.

A fuel consumption meter can help to provide this information while also encouraging drivers to apply a more fuel-efficient driving style.

whereas ambitious policies for renewable energy, in combination with energy efficiency, are a major driving force in reducing the EU’s imports dependency and its overall external energy bill and enhancing energy security vis-à-vis external providers; whereas the EU imports more than half of all the energy it consumes, at a cost of more than EUR 1 billion every day, accounting for over 20 % of total imports; whereas imports dependency is particularly high in the case of crude oil, natural gas and hard coal; whereas the imported fuel costs avoided as a result of the increasing use of renewable energy amount to at least EUR 30 billion a ...[+++]year.

The Commission will also consider preparing and implementing requirements for cars to be fitted with fuel economy meters as a means to encourage more fuel-efficient driving.

Alternatively, concrete (fiscal) measures may be adopted to drive consumer demand towards fuel efficient cars: this would foster a more sustainable car market where manufacturers can compete on grounds of environmental performance and reduce significantly the compliance costs without jeopardizing the improvements in comfort and safety enjoyed by consumers over the past decade.