Fuel consumption of passenger cars 42 percent higher than advertised
ICCT
On average, passenger cars in the EU consume 42 percent more fuel than advertised, meaning their emissions are also considerably higher than carmakers say, according to the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). Over the last 15 years, the gap in official measurements under laboratory conditions and actual performance on the road has increased by over 400 percent, the ICCT says in a press release. “As a result, less than half of on-paper reductions in CO2-emission values since 2001 have been realised in practice,” it adds.
Read the press release in English here.
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