The country's energy mostly comes from nuclear and renewable power and, according to Autocar, domestic heating comes from industrial waste energy and geothermal heat. The country's auto industry is one of the few that's still heavily dependent on oil, a fact not unnoticed by Swedish enterprise minister Maud Olofsson.
Olofsson has remained the government's most vocal critic of using state funds for low-interest loans to Saab and Volvo.
The announcement comes as Sweden's two home automakers both face questionable futures. Should neither brand survive the current auto industry crisis, it seems unlikely that foreign automakers would be willing to invest heavily in forcing their products to comply with Swedish regulations - unless other countries instate similar requirements.
