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EU’s Revised Emission Test Plan Faces Veto
The European Parliament may veto a diluted plan to tighten nitrogen oxide testing for Europe’s diesel-powered vehicle, Bloomberg News reports.
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The European Parliament may veto a diluted plan to tighten nitrogen oxide testing for Europe’s diesel-powered vehicle, Bloomberg News reports.
A previous analysis by the European Commission indicated that diesel models may emit as much as five times the allowable level of NOx under real driving conditions. The EC proposed to narrow the allowable overage to 60% of the standard by September 2017 and require vehicles to meet the regulatory limit of 80 milligrams per kilometer in on-road tests by September 2019, according to Bloomberg.
But two weeks ago European Union members agreed to a weaker plan that would allow vehicles to overshoot the standard by 110% until January 2020 and then by 50% indefinitely thereafter. Backers of the revised proposal say they are concerned about the cost to carmakers of meeting the tougher timetable.
The European Parliament’s environmental committee has signaled it will recommend the full chamber reject the diluted plan when it comes to a vote in about three months. Bloomberg notes the revised plan will be blocked only if at least 376 members of the assembly reject it.
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