The 'pollution permit' granted since 2016 to the car industry for real driving emissions testing of light-duty vehicles (RDE) is flawed and its phase-out should therefore start immediately, T&E said on Friday 21 February, on the basis of a report published this week by the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).
This long-awaited report had been delayed (see EUROPE B12410A13). The latest scientific data it contains confirms that the gap between laboratory and road tests is as high as 32%...