Now the automaker is suspected of cheating with new emissions tests

This appears in four page report of the Commission. This is what is called a "non-document", which is used for internal discussion and is not meant to be published publicly. The environmental organization Transport & Environment has received the document and published it on its Web pages (PDF)

More specifically, the emissions reported by car manufacturers should be higher by 4.5 % to average actual results. In individual cases, the gap was 13%, the newspaper writes.

New emission tests were introduced in September of last year, replacing the old NEDC procedure. The diesel scandal among European carmakers is one of the reasons this procedure was replaced

Under the NEDC, automakers reported significantly lower consumption and emissions figures because of the major weaknesses of the measurement method.

With the new WLTP procedure, the results will be closer to actual consumption and emissions, while an emissions test done while cars drive on the road will detect real emissions [19659013] The EU introduces new requirements The goal is to reduce CO2 emissions by 30 per cent by 2030. Artificially high emissions by 2021 can then be exploited so that manufacturers can not afford more. They do not have to make such major changes to their cars to deal with such emissions. reduction

Car manufacturers may provide too high figures because of a flaw in the WLTP regulations. It only requires that the approval authorities follow the measures when they show emissions too low.

If high emissions are detected, no control measures are taken. Thus, car manufacturers have a large action room. Handelsblatt writes that the tests where the emissions were too high were carried out while the supervisors were present.

Manipulates Cars

An example of manipulation is that cars have been tested with little power. the system has been disabled.

L & P German automotive industry VDA said in response to the newspaper that the report is misleading, Too many car models have been used a conversion model that "translates" the numbers from the old measurement method to the new one. Automakers have no way of influencing these numbers, they say.

However, the Commission's report indicates that there are discrepancies between converted tests and WLTP tests.

The VDA is also of the opinion that it would be contrary to the industry to provide too high figures. It will be difficult to reach the current target for 2020. It is 95 grams of CO2 per kilometer, measured according to the old NEDC method.

The Commission writes that, with the current system, car manufacturers can now provide significantly higher figures. Cars arriving on the market by 2020 are de facto already approved

The European Commission now wants to propose changes that imply that the emissions figures that will form the basis of emissions reductions between 2021 and 2030 will be collected thanks to new measures by 2020.

– The automotive industry does not rely on

William Todts, general manager of transportation and l 39; The environment (T & E) says that the automotive industry, as promised, is changing after the diesel scandal. len is now using new tests to undermine CO2 requirements.

– They want to respond to it with the slightest effort to continue selling diesel cars and delay the transition to electric cars. It's a sad reminder that the auto industry wants to stay in the past and should not be trusted, says Todts.

However, if it is important, all the major players must be involved. Because cars with higher CO2 emissions will have higher costs. T & E suggests that this could be the case and wants the European Commission to investigate the possibility of a cartel between the manufacturers.

An investigation into a possible deal in the auto industry is already underway and Todts proposes that this investigation be extended to reveal whether there is an agreed game when so many measures show artificially CO2 emissions high.