Some new cars, are now swallowing around 50% more fuel than their lab test results, new on-the-road results compiled by Brussels-based lobby group, Transport & Environment (T&E) reveal.
The gap between official test results for CO2 emissions/fuel economy and real-world performance has increased to 40% on average in 2014 from 8% in 2001, according to T&E’s 2015 Mind the Gap report. The report analyses on-the-road fuel consumption by motorists and highlights the abuses by carmakers of the current tests and the failure of…
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