Proposal: Govt. to buy pre-owned vehicles to conduct tests

As an after-effect of VW's emission scandal, the Indian Government is proposing to purchase different models of cars that are currently being used on a daily basis. The whole objective of this purchase is to test whether or not these in-use cars comply with the emission standards as a "conformity of production" (COP) test.

These vehicles are likely to be ones owned by individuals, bought by the competent body to conduct tests and later on, these will be sold in the open market.

At present, testing agencies pick samples from the auto manufacturing factories to conduct the COP test.

Et Auto says that the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) has forwarded this proposal to the Road Transport & Highways ministry.