Europe will toughen homologations with severe emissions tests

The average figures of _CO2 emissions from manufacturers continue to rise or are maintained, but are not reduced. Despite the high fines and warnings to avoid them, the values are still too high, so the European Union has taken action: tests will be carried out in each country to verify the actual emissions.

It seems a challenge that manufacturers have with the European Union. The average values of _CO2 emissions remain at such high levels that the vast majority will find it impossible to comply with the limits and avoid the large penalties foreseen. Europe has given significant leeway to brands to invest in technology and reduce their numbers, but they are not being met.

Today, with an average of 127.6 grams per kilometer, and when the maximum limit in the average of the range should be 95 g / km, the wide difference is a clear indication that few will avoid fines, a situation that is attributed to SUVs and SUVs for their high weight. Although some brands offer hybrid and plug-in mechanical variants, the added weight of the battery reduces efficiency.

And the European Union is not stupid, it comes from afar observing the movements and the situation that does not look like changing. The measure is not new, it was established in May 2018, but will enter into force on September 1: tests will be carried out in each of the 27 countries of the European Community to verify the real emissions, with an expected sanction of up to 30,000 Euros per unit that does not comply with the emission limit.

In more detail, the new European Union standard states that each country will conduct an emissions verification test at one unit for every 40,000 registered in the previous year, on the road and under the RDE test procedure. The aforementioned tests will be carried out by laboratories accredited by Europe and by the Ministry of Industry in Spain, which will validate the commercialization or not of the model.

In this way, the European Commission intends to avoid a new “dieselgate”, since the homologation of a model in a European country allows sales in all other markets of the Old Continent. With the analysis in each country, a situation like the one suffered previously will be avoided, with each country deciding whether it can be marketed in its market or not, and imposing the sanction on the manufacturer for non-compliance. Of course, the power to be the maximum of 30,000 Euros is reserved to the European body.

Source: Motor