New EU CO2 limits on cars risk triggering an invasion of fake ‘electric’ vehicles – report

Elektroauto mit eingestecktem Ladekabel. © Tim Reckmann / pixelio.de
© Tim Reckmann / pixelio.de

On the day the European Parliament rubber-stamps stricter limits for new cars and vans, Transport & Environment (T&E) warns that carmakers can exploit loopholes in the regulation to push sales of fake plug-in cars over electric vehicles (EVs) with no tailpipe emissions. As the rules on crediting EV sales leave room for gaming, carmakers can supply half of all ´zero and low-emission´ cars needed to comply with stricter CO2 limits with fake ‘electric‘ cars.

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