EU LOOKING AT US-STYLE SECRET EMISSIONS TESTS TO BEAT THE CHEATS

The European Union (EU) is considering adopting methods used by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through staging secret tests to check in service cars for type approval compliance. A hearing today (February 23) at the European Parliament’s (EP) key environment, public health and food safety committee learned that with test contents kept secret, automakers cannot design and fit cheat devices to subvert controls. Committee member want to avoid a repeat of the dieselgate scandal that has rocked Europe, accelerating a planned testing and type ...


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