UK Volkswagen Diesel Car Owner Hearing Has Begun
The legal battle between lawyers representing more than 50,000 Volkswagen diesel cars owners in the UK and the German firm in question began on Tuesday, in London’s High Court, reportedly.
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BMW Being Sued In US For Diesel Vehicle Emissions Cheating
Following numerous lawsuits filed against its fellow Germany-based auto manufacturers in relation to diesel vehicle emissions cheating in the US, BMW is now being sued for similar reasons as well.
Germany’s New Transport Minister Opposes Diesel Car Bans & Forced Retrofits … But Claims To…
The new transport minister in Germany has been quoted as saying that he opposes the banning of diesel cars and opposes forcing auto manufacturers to retrofit old diesel cars so that they meet current emissions standards, but also that he is not a “buddy” of the auto manufacturers.
Volkswagen Diesel Cars Use Up To 14% More Fuel After Software “Fix,” With NOx Emissions…
A new analysis from the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) has (again) confirmed as much — with Volkswagen diesel cars being found to use up to 14% more fuel after being recalled and “fixed” than previously. Even after the software fix in the vehicles in question was implemented, NOx emissions were still over 400% higher than the levels seen in lab testing.
Nitrogen Oxides Kill 6,000 People A Year In Germany, Federal Environmental Agency Reports
Nitrogen oxides (NOx), a form of pollution closely associated with diesel fuel combustion in diesel cars and trucks, cause the early death of around 6,000 people a year in Germany, the country’s Federal Environmental Agency has revealed.
Angela Merkel Administration Downplaying Possibility Of Diesel Car Bans In Germany — What’s The Likelihood…
With news of the ruling on Tuesday by a court in Germany that individual cities have the right to ban diesel cars still reverberating throughout the media, the administration of Angela Merkel has reportedly been making the rounds assuring those in the country that widespread bans of diesel cars were unlikely.
Bosch: We Won’t Produce EV Batteries, Too Risky
The largest auto parts supplier in the world, Bosch, has decided that it won’t be manufacturing its own electric vehicle batteries, despite the booming of the sector — as the billions of euros of investment that would be required would pose too much of a risk to the company.
German Court Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking To Ban Volkswagen Diesel Cars From Duesseldorf
We reported a few months back on the news that the German environmental group Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) was filing lawsuits against a number of cities in the country, with the aim being to force the ban of Volkswagen diesel cars that are still releasing excessively high levels of emissions.
Diesel Emissions Cheating Scandal May Hit BMW Next
Remember Dieselgate? Independent researchers in West Virginia strapped a portable exhaust gas analyzer to a Volkswagen turbodiesel and found its tailpipe emissions were way out of whack with the results obtained in laboratory testing. That one finding has now cost Volkswagen more than $20 billion in fines and penalties and that total is still rising. Now, BMW may be the next company to find itself in the fake diesel emissions soup.
Diesel Car Market Share Fell To 41.4% In October In Europe, Lowest Level In Decade
The fall of the diesel car in Europe is continuing at pace, with a market share of just 41.4% achieved in October 2017, owing to a 9.9% year-on-year decline in sales volume. That’s based on the most recent figures from JATO Dynamics.
