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No surprises there I guess :(

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This is the best summary I could come up with:


The Australian Automobile Association testing – funded by the federal government – found that eight of the 21 cars examined in its latest round of testing consumed more petrol in real road driving conditions compared with the efficiency rates calculated by their manufacturers in laboratories.

Conversely, the AAA found that two vehicles had on-road fuel consumption 10% to 13% lower than their lab results.

Meanwhile, Volkswagen’s Tiguan 2023 performed better in the AAA’s real-world tests than its lab test indication, using 13% less fuel than its advertised rate of 7.7 litres per 100km, while the Kia Cerato 2023 used 10% less fuel than its marketed rate of 7.4 litres per 100km.

He said the testing program was helping address greenwashing concerns and could make the government’s new vehicle efficiency standard “more robust and more effective”.

The testing was conducted in Victoria’s Geelong region in conditions the AAA said were strictly controlled and in line with European Union legislation that “ensures fuel consumption and CO2 results are repeatable and minimises the influence of human factors such as driving style and changing traffic flows”.

Volkswagen, which owns Skoda, responded to the Kamiq’s discrepant test results.


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