European Commission finds evidence of car industry manipulating WLTP tests to cheat CO2 emissions targets
In this letter and explanatory 'non-paper' obtained by T&E, the EU's industry and climate commissioners outline evidence of the car industry manipulating the new WLTP emissions tests. The non-paper details the methods used to inflate CO2 emissions values.
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The Commission explains that such inflation effectively weakens the ambition of the proposed new car CO2 reduction targets for 2025 and 2030. The letter and paper were sent to the Austrian presidency of the EU, the chair of the European Parliament environment committee and the lead MEP on the legislation for new car CO2 targets.
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