GETTING GREENER

here’s no doubt that the issues of reducing environmental impacts and increasing the levels of sustainability are assuming ever-greater significance in the automotive world. Work in these areas has been underway for many years, of course, whether it’s reducing tailpipe emissions (forthcoming Euro 7 regulations will make things even tougher in this regard) to the unstoppable rise of the electric vehicle. Not to mention the smaller but no less significant changes of previous decades, from removing asbestos in friction linings to using less toxic water-based paints. But the demands facing carmakers when it comes to the environment and sustainability will only increase, so here we’re taking the opportunity to see what changes are taking place. They cover a broad range,