EAC Chair challenges car makers on real world emissions
20 December 2015
The Environmental Audit Committee is today publishing its correspondence with Volkswagen regarding the car maker's use of 'defeat devices' in emissions tests and the impact on UK air quality.
Chair's comment
Chair of the EAC, Huw Irranca-Davies MP said:
"At a public hearing in Parliament, Volkswagen UK agreed that car companies have an ethical responsibility to ensure vehicles meet air pollution standards.
However, the car maker's response to us shows that it has adopted a legalistic approach to emissions testing, rather than being committed to the spirit of pollution limits drawn up to protect human health.
Test limits were not introduced merely to ensure cars meet emissions limits in the laboratory, but to protect the people living and working in our towns and cities.
Today, I would like to publicly challenge VW and other car makers to make a commitment to their customers to produce cars whose average real world emissions actually reflect the figures they use in their advertising."
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