The stringency of EU car CO2 emission standards has been severely undermined by the growing gap between type approval and real world CO2 emission values. Almost half the emissions savings achieved on paper by new vehicles in the EU since 2001 have only been managed in the lab.
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.