A German government committee has asked for further tests on 30 cars it says have "inexplicably high" CO2 emissions.

Germany initially tested the diesel cars for defeat devices after Volkswagen Group admitted to manipulating engine management software to cheat tests for the health-harming NOx pollutants.

But officials were surprised that many of the cars showed high levels of emissions of CO2, a gas blamed for climate change.

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