Today's greenwashing of dirty diesel by the UK car industry is an attempt to hide the fact that a typical diesel car emits 10 times more nitrogen oxides than an equivalent gasoline car, sustainable transport group Transport & Environment has said. With 12 out of 13 Euro 6 diesel cars failing to achieve the Euro 6 limit in tests conducted on the road, the SMMT is ignoring the inconvenient truth that new diesels can’t reach the limits agreed back in 2007 without fitting new technology.
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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.