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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