AUTOMOTIVE TESTS IN EUROPE COME UP SHORT SAYS ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP
November 1st, 2014
Auto manufacturers’ gas mileage and emissions claims are a key part of marketing, but if these claims are shown to be false or skewered, it might be better if they had not been made in the first place. According to Transport and Environment (T&E), a Brussels-based organization that promotes transport policies based on sustainable development, the current system of testing cars to measure fuel economy and CO2 emissions in Europe "is not fit for purpose". T&E took the results of vehicles tested in a laboratory and compared them to fuel consumption and ...
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