Groupe PSA is at the forefront of implementing stricter standards with Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel and Vauxhall passenger vehicles all now approved under the new laboratory test procedure WLTP reflecting a more realistic fuel consumption.
Executive Vice President for Quality and Engineering at Groupe PSA, Gilles Le Borgne commented: “Our technological choices to treat pollutant emissions, such as SCR for all diesel engines launched in 2013 and more recently the GPF for gasoline engines with direct injection, allow us to offer to our customers, compliant and environmentally friendly vehicles; and to keep our leadership on reducing emissions.”
WLTP is a more rigid and longer test developed to better reflect real driving customers’ consumption and emissions than the previous test named, NEDC.
The next phase will be the future Euro 6.d-Temp standard, which will be applied from September 2019. It will also take into account the pollutant emissions (NOx, PN) measured in real-world driving conditions on open roads or Real Driving Emissions (RDE).
Since 2015, Groupe PSA has publicly supported the implementation of this WLTP procedure. Additionally, two years ago Groupe PSA demonstrated unique transparency by publishing on Peugeot, Citroën and DS website, the fuel consumption data of more than 1000 models in real driving conditions and later on NOx and PN emissions data. Customers, then well informed, can also set up their model and usage parameters to check their car’s fuel consumption under their own demise.