Real-world fuel tests undermine ‘green’ car claims
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TESTS used by carmakers to determine official fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions don’t provide accurate information for buyers, according to new tests carried out by Channel 4’s motoring website 4Car. It carried out real-world fuel economy tests on eight low-emissions cars and all failed to meet the official figures. Three cars were as much as 10 mpg short of the published fuel consumption rates.4Car editor Tim Bowdler said: ‘The official test regime is too simplistic to embrace all the vagaries of real-world operating conditions and it allows certain types of car to look good - too good in fact. The batch of cars that we tested all claim to have ‘green’ credentials, but they are not as environmentally friendly or as economical as we’ve been led to believe. The official figures are misleading and I can’t see manufacturers calling for a change because they know the current tests make their cars look more fuel-efficient and cleaner than they are.’ CCD Comment: manufacturers official figures are at least all tested in the same way so do provide some sort of comparative for the average consumer unable to carry out such comprehensive testing |
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