New cars are now swallowing
around 50% more fuel than their lab test results and the
discrepancy could cost consumers one trillion euros for
additional fuel purchases of 600 million liters by 2030, the
European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E) said
Monday.
As well, the European Union might have to import an
additional six billion barrels of oil - worth 360 billion euros
at current prices - in that time.
T&R also said in its Mind The Gap 2015 report that what it
calls the "chasm" between EU emissions reduction targets and
what cars emit on the road (as opposed to in the lab) will lead
to the release of an estimated additional 1.5 billion tonnes of
C02 into the atmosphere by 2030.
T&R is a non-profit dedicated to bringing about "smarter,
greener transport in Europe".
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