Other current research shows diesel vehicles cause 88% of the £6bn annual damage to people’s health from car and van exhaust in the UKEmissions tests that are impossible for carmakers to cheat show that nearly all diesel car models launched in Europe since the dieselgate” scandal remain highly polluting.
The test uses a beam of light to analyse the exhaust plume of a car as it passes and automatic number plate recognition to link the measurement to a specific model. More than 370000 such measurements taken in the UK, France and other countries acquire been compiled into current rating system called The Real Urban Emissions Initiative (True) and made available to the public on Wednesday. Related: 38000 people a year die early because of diesel emissions testing failures Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com