NGO releases scathing report
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EUROPEAN governments are turning a blind eye to over-polluting cars, an NGO report said yesterday, nine months after a scandal exposed emission test cheating by Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest carmaker.
Anti-air pollution lobby Transport & Environment released its scathing report one day before the European Union’s 28 transport ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss the fallout from the VW crisis.
VW in September admitted that it had illegally fitted special devices in 11 million diesel cars that allowed them to pass pollution tests they would have otherwise failed.
Subsequent tests on other European brands under real-driving conditions found pollution levels much higher than those turned up by national regulators in laboratories, indicating possible wrongdoing.
Brussels-based T&E urged governments to act on the evidence and said that ongoing probes in France and Germany fell short.
The report, titled the “Dirty 30,” identified the highest polluting cars on Europe’s roads and pinpointed the national regulator that approved the vehicle.
The report specifically accused national regulators of ignoring evidence of over-pollution to protect their domestic industry.
“Carmakers are choosing to play at home with a biased referee, guaranteeing that they win but their cars pollute and people die,” said Greg Archer, director of clean vehicles at T&E.
“What else than a Dieselgate do you expect when Germany approved Mercedes, France Renault, the UK Jaguar and Italy Fiat?” he added.
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