{"id":2354,"date":"2019-04-25T11:04:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T11:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasgroupltd.co.uk\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2019-04-25T11:04:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T11:04:37","slug":"data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasgroupltd.co.uk\/data\/","title":{"rendered":"New data shows modern diesel emissions are comparable with petrol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Until September 2017, car emissions testing in Europe was limited to laboratory testing that did not fully represent the level of pollutant emissions from new car models. Car buyers therefore could not compare petrol and diesel models or makes due to insufficient reliable, publicly available data on realistic driving conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, in September 2017, the European Commission started to implement new emissions testing procedures that combined improved laboratory tests and new emissions testing procedures based on real driving situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to the Real-Driving Emission (RDE) test and the Worldwide Light vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP), car buyers can check emissions levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulates for new vehicles on the market. In addition, from September 2019, car manufacturers are required to publish emissions testing results of all new cars certified as \u2018Euro 6d-temp\u2019, in conditions equivalent to driving in the real world as well as in the laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some independent organisations are also making information available based on their own, similar test procedures. The German equivalent of the UK\u2019s AA (Automobile Association), the ADAC, found that while the NOx emissions limits set out in the latest European legislation (Euro 6 standard) are not yet fuel-neutral and are higher for diesel than for petrol (80 mg\/km as opposed to 60 mg\/km), most diesel cars tested on the road are nevertheless well below the lower limit for petrol, as evidenced by the data outlined below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n