Diesel car emission limits relaxed

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Nitrogen oxide limits from new diesel cars are to be relaxed under reforms approved this week by the European Parliament. 

Brussels-based environmental transport campaign group Transport and Environment said the revised Euro 6 limit of 168mg of NOx per km approved by MEPs was more than double the current 80mg/km limit. From 2020 the limit will be cut to 120mg/km.

 The European Commission says currently produced Euro 6 diesel cars exceed the NOx limit 400% on average in real driving...

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