Green NCAP has published the latest results on the cars it has recently analyzed, observing and testing their harmful emissions and their impact on the environment . For Green NCAP the year has come closed with a final batch of five cars: the Lexus UX 300e and the Nissan LEAF e +, both electric and both deserving of 5 stars.
There are also two Plug-in hybrids, the Renault Captur E-TECH and the Volkswagen Golf 8 GTE, deserving of three and a half stars. Among them the outsider, the & quot; dieselona & quot; Audi A3 Sportback 35 TDI deserving … three stars! It must be anticipated that, until now, Green NCAP has only rated cars based on exhaust emissions, hence electric cars & ndash; which do not emit exhaust gases & ndash; have an important advantage and for them & egrave; It is easy to always get 5 stars.
In order not to make this classification useless and with the greater spread of 100% electric cars, next year the Green NCAP should be entrusted to a evaluation more severe , taking into consideration more & ugrave; variables. Green NCAP baser & agrave; its forthcoming greenhouse gas emissions assessment using also a well-to-wheel analysis , so it will be; also included the environmental impact in the production of the energy source.
Alex Damyanov , incoming technical director for Green NCAP, said: “We can't do it anymore; consider only the harmful emissions emitted, otherwise the electric will always have excellent marks. We must also take into account those emitted in the production of the energy source. We are working to refine our rating scheme. Next year we plan to also provide consumers with a Total Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) which will enable them to see for themselves which car offers the mode; of transport more & ugrave; clean, depending on the use they make of the car, where their electricity comes from where the vehicle is produced from and how it is ultimately recovered. In short, an overview that takes into account emissions throughout the life cycle of the car & rdquo ;.
As anticipated, both Nissan and Lexus have reached a maximum rating, based on emissions, also taking into account their energy efficiency. It should be noted that Lexus has scattered some of its charge and its electrical energy by using it to heat the interior of the vehicle in the cold environment test (with a temperature that stood at -7 & deg;). Green NCAP has also measured a significantly lower autonomy than that declared by Lexus. All this for & ograve; did not make him lose points, winning 5 stars in the report card.
The two PHEV they are tied for second in this round of tests. The Golf 8 GTE and the Captur E-TECH Plug-in 160 get three and a half stars each, offering as usual the best performance when the battery is regularly charged and is; at their maximum charge . However, the emissions were very good even using the internal combustion engine alone.
Finally, the Audi A3 Sportback 35 TDI , with diesel engine, achieved excellent scores for l & # 39; Clean air and energy efficiency. An excellent result that could raise the enthusiasm of those who continue to fight for diesel engines. The three stars, for a diesel engine, are an excellent result. Too bad for the relevant greenhouse gas emissions recorded in the test phase.
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