Diesel
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Bob Lutz claims a culture of fear led to Volkswagen's emissions cheating.
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Audi, Porsche, VW Diesel Stop-Sale Orders: More Cars Than EPA Named
Although VW headquarters in Germany came out swinging against the U.S. EPA's contention that its 3.0-liter TDI diesel engines contained illegal emission software, Porsche's U.S. arm suspended sales of its Cayenne Diesel on Tuesday. Now, Volkswagen Group of America has issued a stop-sale order to...
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More VW Emission 'Irregularities' As Investors Question Confrontation With EPA
Another day, another Volkswagen emission scandal? It's beginning to seem like it. The latest news is that VW Group in Germany has found "irregularities" in carbon-dioxide emission levels in roughly 800,000 vehicles, mostly diesels, producing fuel-economy figures that were too high. That discovery...
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European Makers: Many Diesel Cars Will Phase Out Earlier Than Planned
The Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal is due to have some lasting consequences, not just for the German automaker itself but for the entire global auto industry. It may lead to a serious contraction of the diesel market worldwide—including in the very near future, the phase-out of a number...
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VW In Germany Denies EPA V-6 Diesel Charges, Porsche Pulls Cars Off Sale: UPDATED
Last month, Volkswagen apparently admitted that it had used "defeat device" software to evade emission controls in 482,000 cars sold in the U.S. with three versions of its 2.0-liter TDI diesel engine. Then, yesterday, the EPA issued a complaint in which it accused VW of incorporating similar...
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VW Diesel V-6 Engines Used By Audi, Porsche Have Cheat Software Too: EPA
Sometimes there's no substitute for having a reporter right at a press event--with a smartphone. David Shepardson, D.C. bureau chief for The Detroit News, attended a press conference held by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today. At that event, the EPA revealed that some 3.0-liter V-6 TDI...
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The official press release from the European Union sounds as though Wednesday's vote on new emission-testing rules makes it tougher for automakers to cheat as Volkswagen admitted doing with its 2.0-liter diesel engines. Indeed, the new rules add on-road tests of emissions in real-world driving to those tests performed in laboratories on dynamometers, or "rolling roads," which are widely acknowledged to be unrealistic--and easy to game. But the EU also gave automakers more leeway to exceed the legal limits for nitrogen oxides than the makers said would be necessary. DON'T MISS: Are 'Clean...
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VW: Newest Diesel Engines Had No 'Defeat' Software, Legal In Europe
One of the many complications of the VW diesel emission scandal is that the 482,000 affected cars in the U.S. encompass three different types of engine and emission-control system. In Germany, Volkswagen has investigated its newest generation of 2.0-liter diesel engines to find out if they too...
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VW Diesel Owners In Limbo Until Recall Issued, While Cars Lose Value
As owners wait for a fix, Volkswagen TDI models lose value.
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Will My Diesel Volkswagen Be Recalled? Check Your VIN On VW Website
Volkswagen owners can now check to see if their diesel cars are being recalled.
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Even In 2007, As VW Designed Dirty Diesels, It Said Electric Cars Were The Future
Many journalists tend to have pack-rat tendencies, but sorting out old press kits, files, and magazines can have unexpected rewards. So it was for auto writer John Rettie, who recently uncovered an interesting tidbit in an issue of Driver, the in-house magazine sent out by Volkswagen of America to...
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VW Joins Chrysler With 'Dirtiest Tailpipe' After Diesel Scandal Revealed
The Union of Concerned Scientists revises its carmaker emissions rankings in light of the Volkswagen diesel scandal.
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A couple of weeks ago, Volkswagen seemed confident that it would be just a matter of weeks before it made some simple tweaks and got its 2016 lineup of TDI diesel vehicles certified by the EPA. That was before the existence of a second, and different, piece of software--previously undisclosed by VW--came to light. The EPA has said that it has a "long list" of questions it needs to answer about what the software does, and how VW diesel cars perform under all operating circumstances, before it will consider certifying them for sale in the U.S. DON'T MISS: How Will VW Fix My Diesel Car, And...
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VW To Recall 8.5 Million TDI Diesel Vehicles Across Europe; Fixes Not Yet Revealed
Volkswagen will recall 8.5 million diesel cars in Europe, including 2.4 million in Germany.
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Carmakers Lobby To Keep Software Secret, Despite VW Emission Scandal
Carmakers want to cut off public access to their software, potentially hampering important independent research.
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Best Deals On Hybrid, Electric, Diesel Cars For October 2015
Here are the best green-car deals for October 2015.
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France Expands Electric-Car Bonus To Scrap 10-Year-Old Diesel Cars
France will extend an incentive for scrapping old diesel cars to newer models.
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VW Diesel Acceleration, Fuel Economy Fall Without 'Cheat Mode' (Video)
As Volkswagen works overtime to figure out what changes it will make to 482,000 TDI diesel cars sold in the U.S. with a "cheat mode" that let them comply with emission rules, an obvious question arises. What will those cars be like to drive and own when they're fixed? Consumer Reports, one of only...
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Volkswagen's U.S. CEO, Michael Horn, spent several hours yesterday testifying in front of a Congressional panel on the company's growing TDI diesel-emission cheating scandal. From that testimony, we can now break down how many cars and which models were affected, how the company expects to fix them, and when that process may start. Senators were alternatively shocked, angry, and incredulous that the world's largest carmaker had deliberately installed software that bypassed emission controls when the car detected it was being operated on the open road. DON'T MISS: VW Diesel Emissions Recall...
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VW: $50 Million In Tax Credits, Wanted Electric-Car Credits For Diesels Too
Buyers of various Volkswagen TDI diesel vehicles took about $50 million in Federal income-tax credits in 2009 for the purchase of their supposedly green car. With Michael Horn, CEO of VW Group of America, testifying to Congress today, those credits--and whether the Federal government should be...
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2016 VW Diesel Lineup Withdrawn: Jetta, Passat, Golf, Beetle TDI Models May Be Modified
Michael Horn, CEO of Volkswagen's U.S. arm, will testify today before Congress on the VW diesel-emission cheating scandal, including what he knew and when he knew it. His testimony, released yesterday, included a nugget of future product information: VW has withdrawn its application for...
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Six Possible VW TDI Diesel Fixes: From Software To New Car
"You have power, you have energy, you have emissions: You get to choose two of them." That's the conundrum facing diesel-engine engineers, as summarized by Don Hillebrand, the director of energy systems research at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. And the VW diesel emission cheating scandal...
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Good Time To Buy Another VW: $2,000 Loyalty Bonus For Owners
Volkswagen is upping incentives to keep buyers from defecting.
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VW Diesel Emission Scandal: Five Possible Long-Range Effects
Thus far, it's a been a quiet start to the third week of the Volkswagen diesel-emission cheating scandal. Eight years' worth of VW TDI models, both new and used, have been taken off sale at the company's North American dealerships. We surmise its engineers are working around the clock at their...
John Voelcker