Diesel cars: Wissing warns of 8 million • Table.Briefings

In the future, cars would also have to comply with the limit values when driving at full load and uphill, for example. However, this is not feasible with the current state of technology, writes the Minister of Transport.

According to EU law, the emissions of older vehicles will no longer be tested in the laboratory, but under real conditions. The German transport minister fears serious consequences.

In Germany, 8.2 million diesel cars could be taken out of service this year. Transport Minister Volker Wissing writes this in a letter to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, which is available to Table.Briefings.

Diesel cars: Wissing warns of 8 million closures

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