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European Parliament Backs Tougher Emission Testing
The 28-nation European Parliament has backed a plan that would require cars to at least come close to meeting European nitrogen oxide emission standards under real-world conditions by September 2017, Bloomberg News reports.
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The 28-nation European Parliament has backed a plan that would require cars to at least come close to meeting European nitrogen oxide emission standards under real-world conditions by September 2017, Bloomberg News reports.
The European Commission is pressing to force such compliance after tests showed cars that meet standards in lab tests may emit as much as five times the allowable NOx on the road.
Current rules limit NOx emissions to 80 milligrams per kilometer. The EC's proposed road-test directive would allow carmakers to exceed that level by as much as 60% until September 2019, Bloomberg notes. Some countries, led by Germany, want to give manufacturers more flexibility in complying with the tougher tests.
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