£8.3m test centre opens ahead of Real Driving Emissions tests

摘要

An £8.3m test centre designed to prepare cars for the forthcoming Real Driving Emissions test regime has opened in Northampton.Coming into force in September 2019, the Real Driving Emissions (RDE) test will put new vehicles through their paces on public roads in a variety ofsimulated real-life conditions. Alongside the lab-based Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure, RDE was formulated in response to the dieselgate scandal, in which Volkswagen and other manufacturers were found to be gaming existing emissions tests.