The results of this project illustrate substantial technical potential for cars environmental improvement. The existing and developing legislation was also considered to assess any possible untapped technical potential. The European policy (and also the national policy) is actually being considering the environmental impacts from cars over years and already addresses some of the important environmental aspects at different stages of the car life cycle (. air pollution, CO2 emissions, end-of-life waste, batteries, etc.). This has already fostered substantial technical improvements. Further technical improvements have recently been considered in the policy framework, giving rise to new proposed actions which, if adopted and.
