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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11162
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport

Call for test review over inaccuracies on fuel consumption

Brussels, 24/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - Car manufacturers can be misleading over promised fuel savings with new cars, reveals an investigation by the Italian member of the European consumers' organisation BEUC. On the two models of car tested, manufacturers claimed 20-50% greater efficiency than is the case in reality. This could mean spending of almost €500 per year more in fuel than what is claimed in the advertising. BEUC Director General Monique Goyens says that it is consumers who pay...

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