Briefing on the EU proposal to mandate tyre labels.
The proposal to label motor vehicle tyres according to their wet grip, fuel efficiency and noise performance should be wholeheartedly welcomed. The labelling scheme will grant consumers access to independently verified information on tyre performance for the first time.
This short briefing aims to outline the key changes needed to ensure the effectiveness of this Directive.
10 years after Dieselgate, another scandal comes
Manufacturers want to kill off EU rules that would better reflect pollution from plug-in hybrid vehicles
But the car lobby is demanding that the EU scrap rules that would better reflect PHEV pollution.
New EU data shows the importance of the planned correction of the 'utility factor' for plug-in hybrids.