JRC Ispra and "Dieselgate"

25/09/2015 2 comments

"...In 2011, scientists with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy, reported that average on-road emissions of tested diesel vehicles exceed allowed limits by up to 14 times1."
Read the full article (Nature)
On the same topic:
Article from the Italian press (Corriere della Sera)

 Article from VareseNews

Article from El Mundo 

In our opinion this underlines once again the importance of the independence of our laboratories at the JRC.

2 comments :

  1. Anonymous25 September 2015 at 15:22

    As this was identified in 2011, even in the press, was anything done about it?

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  2. RD Ispra25 September 2015 at 16:23

    To our best knowledge the Real Driving Emission (RDE) test procedure will be phased in from early 2016
    http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-15-5713_en.htm?locale=en

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