Letter

Letter to EU’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles on finalising new Real-world Driving Emissions test

October 13, 2015

In this letter to the EU’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles, T&E highlights the urgent need to finalise the new Real-world Driving Emissions (RDE) test as soon as possible to reduce emissions on the road and tackle the illegal use of defeat devices.

In this letter to the EU’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles, T&E highlights the urgent need to finalise the new Real-world Driving Emissions (RDE) test as soon as possible to reduce emissions on the road and tackle the illegal use of defeat devices.

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