Car makers are failing to give information on environmental performance, according to a study of car companies in France, Germany and Italy.
[mailchimp_signup][/mailchimp_signup]The German NGO Germanwatch says car makers are providing insufficient data on indicators such as fuel consumption at a time when shares are rising and falling based on the soaring price of oil. The NGO says reporting on fuel consumption is a requirement that no-one is enforcing.
But the car lobby is demanding that the EU scrap rules that would better reflect PHEV pollution.
New EU data shows the importance of the planned correction of the 'utility factor' for plug-in hybrids.