Emissions Analytics

News

Call for ‘simpler’ VED based on car weight and mileage

New system to tax cars is being proposed as an ‘environmentally credible’ replacement for vehicle excise duty.

Tax and Legislation 20 Nov

News

Tyre pollution 1000 times worse than tailpipe emissions

Pollution from tyre wear can be 1,000 times worse than what comes out of a car’s exhaust, according to a new study by Emissions Analytics.

6 Mar

News

Hybrid cars better than plug-ins for CO2 reduction, says Emissions Analytics

Full hybrid passenger cars offer faster and more certain emissions reductions of up to 30% than plug-in hybrids, says Emissions Analytics.

30 Sept

News

Hybrids offer fastest route to reduce CO2, says Emissions Analytics

Fleets should switch to hybrid vehicles rather than waiting for an adequate supply of fully-electric vehicles, in order to reduce real-world CO2 emissions.

14 Jun

News

Petrolgate? CO2 discrepancy highlighted in real-word tests

The automotive industry could be facing a new emissions scandal as Emissions Analytics uncovers discrepancies in petrol car emissions figures.

5 Jun

News

RDE2-compliant cars help diesel hit back

Fleets are taking delivery of the first RDE2 diesel cars, cutting VED and company car tax, with manufacturers promising that more models will follow.

1 May

News

90% of diesel cars could already meet European RDE NOx limits

Up to 90% of new cars could already meet the stringent Real Driving Emissions (RDE) NOx limits set out by the European Commission, according to Emissions Analytics.

24 Dec

Feature

New 'clean' diesels cloud the air quality debate

Fleets should not be too quick to write-off new diesel models on environment grounds. Simon Harris reports.

Alternative fuels 2 Aug

News

Aggressive driving increases NOx by up to five times, finds Emissions Analytics

Aggressive driving on average increases pollutant emissions by 35% in rural driving and by around five times on the motorway, according to tests by Emissions Analytics.

19 Jul

News

New diesels found to be 71% cleaner than petrol models

Emissions Analytics has revealed that the latest Euro 6d-Temp diesel models emit, on average, 71% less particulates that petrol equivalents.

22 Jun

News

All new diesel cars fail EU NOx emissions standards in real-world driving, says study

All new diesel-engined cars fail to meet EU standards in real-world driving for NOx emissions, research by the International Council of Clean Transportation has shown.

6 Jun

News

Best-performing new diesel engines as clean as petrol, says Emissions Analytics

A number of diesel cars emit less NOx in the real-world than the Euro 6 regulatory limits, including the first testing under the new RDE regulation.

8 Mar

News

Latest EQUA NOx ratings show large disparity between models

Euro 6 vehicles continue to deliver drastically different results when tested in the real world according to the latest additions to EQUA Air Quality Index.

27 Jun

News

Fleet News and Emissions Analytics unite to help tackle CO2 and mpg figure 'lottery'

Fleet News has partnered with the world leader in real-world vehicle emissions testing to help operators drive down fuel bills and reduce CO2 emissions with a new online car data service.

11 May

News

'Real world' mpg rates now on Fleet News' website

Real world’ independent car mpg rates are now available on the Fleet News' website.

3 Mar

News

Renault and Fiat facing NOx emissions investigations in France and the USA

Renault and Fiat are strenuously denying claims made against them over emissions in France and the US respectively.

9 Feb

News

Real world mpg gap increases further in 2016

Real world fuel economy data recorded by Emissions Analytics on its EQUA testing programme has shown a five percentage point increase in the gap between official and real-world mpg, reaching 29% in 2016.

6 Feb

News

Equa Air quality tests report lower NOx emissions for 4x4 vehicles

Latest real-world test data from Euro 6 cars added to the EQUA Air Quality (Aq) Index shows that it’s wrong for car buyers to assume that two-wheel-drive vehicles are cleaner than four-wheel drives.

2 Feb