EU MEMBER STATES BACK NEW PARTICULATES MEASURING RULES FOR PETROL CARS
December 1st, 2016
EUROPEAN Union (EU) governments have agreed proposed regulations that will introduce, from September 2018, new real-world emissions (RWE) tests to measure the number of particles emitted from modern petrol engines under actual road driving conditions. The decision is the third in a series of technical test models approved by the EU, as it mandates how auto manufacturers move away from relying on laboratory tests of emissions, which sometimes do not reflect what pollution is emitted from tailpipes on roads.
The vote on this package of regulations (also ...
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