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Volkswagen continues to argue with regulators over modifications for non-compliant diesel cars.
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Justice Department, EPA Sue VW Over Diesel Cheating, Billions In Penalties Possible
The U.S. government is suing Volkswagen over its diesel cheating.
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Chrysler Conundrum: Truck Sales Mean Buying Emission-Credits From Tesla, Toyota, Honda
Chrysler bought emissions credits from Tesla, Toyota, and Honda, a new report says.
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Budget Bill Cuts EPA Funding, But Keeps Clean Power Plan Intact
A new budget bill cuts EPA funding, but leaves Obama's Clean Power Plan intact.
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VW's European Efficiency Issue: Only 'Slight Deviations' On 9 Cars
Volkswagen says a previously-reported issue with fuel-economy figures is less significant than originally thought.
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Final 2016 Ethanol Rule: Fuel Blenders, Biofuels Interests Unhappy With EPA Numbers
The final EPA 2016 ethanol rule bothers both the biofuel and oil industries.
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Being a Volkswagen executive these days may be one of the more thankless jobs in the auto industry. Among groups including car buyers, business travelers, and environmental advocates, the first association with the brand now is often now "diesel emission scandal.” But differing customer outreach and occasionally combative statements between its German and U.S. arm have left owners, analysts, and regulators scratching their heads over Volkswagen's behavior and its inept crisis-management tactics. DON'T MISS: VW Diesel Owners In Limbo Until Recall Issued, While Cars Lose Value VW has now...
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EPA Proposes To Cut Ethanol Requirement For Gasoline
The EPA wants to reduce ethanol requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
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EPA Will Add On-Road Testing For Emissions Compliance
The EPA is testing all new diesel cars in real-world conditions.
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EPA's 'Top Fuel Sippers' Don't Use Fuel: They're Electric Cars
The EPA's list of most "fuel-efficient" cars is made up entirely of electric vehicles.
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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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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 diesel engines used by Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen also contain "defeat device" software that bypasses emission controls when the car is used on the road. DON'T MISS: VW Diesel Emissions Recall: What You Need To Know In 10 Questions The vehicles affected are the 2014 Volkswagen Touareg TDI, the...
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U.S. Emission Tests Are Unrealistic, But European Testing Is Far Worse
European testing standards allow greater opportunities for cheating.
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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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EPA: 'Long List' Of Questions On New VW Diesel Software Feature
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...
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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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How Will VW Fix My Diesel Car, And When? A List Of All Models
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...
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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 reimbursed for them, and by whom--are likely to receive greater public attention. They are just one of many awkward aspects of the still-unfolding Volkswagen diesel-emission cheating scandal. And there will likely be more. DON'T MISS: VW Diesel Emissions Recall: What You Need To Know In 10 Questions As...
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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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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...
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EPA Will Test New-Car Emissions On The Road After VW Scandal
The EPA may begin testing new cars on the road, instead of just in the laboratory.
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Why Did Volkswagen Cheat On Diesel Emissions In Its TDI Cars?
The bad news for Volkswagen just keeps on coming. In the last week, the company has fired much of its upper management, eradicated all mention of its TDI diesels from its U.S. website, and admitted that 11 million diesel vehicles have software that enabled them to pass emission tests while emitting...
John Voelcker