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UPDATE: Europe Backs Off on Emission Road-Test Rule
The European Parliament has weakened a plan that would require carmakers to prove nitrogen oxide emissions from their vehicles on the road more closely match results in laboratory tests, the Financial Times reports.
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The European Parliament has weakened a plan that would require carmakers to prove nitrogen oxide emissions from their vehicles on the road more closely match results in laboratory tests, the Financial Times reports.
On Wednesday the parliament’s technical committee for motor vehicles backed away from a European Commission proposal that would require carmakers to narrow the gap between lab and road tests to 20% by 2020 from as much as 500% currently.
Under the new schedule, manufacturers could exceed the legal NOx limit by 110% until 2020, then continue to overshoot it by 50% indefinitely.
Critics say the move signals a lack of commitment by the EU to improve air quality. They note the decision is especially ill-timed, coming after Volkswagen AG’s disclosure that it rigged 11 million diesels to cheat on NOx tests. U.S. regulators say the cars passed federal certification but then emitted as much as 40 times the allowable NOx on the road.
FT says the vote indicates the pressure on EU policymakers to protect the region’s pro-diesel policies.
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