Diesel cars will continue to exceed emission limits

摘要

With the new real driving emissions test coming into force from September 2017, new diesel cars will still be allowed to exceed the NOx pollution limit by 110 per cent. In the shadow of the Dieselgate scandal - the revelations of emissions cheating by Volkswagen - EU member states decided on 28 October that new diesel cars will be allowed to continue to exceed the Euro 6 emission limits for many years ahead. The Euro 6 emission standards apply to all new passenger cars as from September 2014, and set an emission limit for nitrogen oxides (NOx) for diesel cars at 80 milligrams per kilometre (mg/km). But, according to the Commission, in real driving conditions new diesel cars actually emit on average five times more, i.e. around 400 mg/km.