Aaron Cole, Managing Editor
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VW diesel V-6 fix may be in sight; Tesla in China; Carbon tax crash course: Today's Car News Aaron ColeToday, Volkswagen soon may have new software (and possibly hardware) for tens of thousands of Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche vehicles; CAFE incentives for cleaner vehicles may have some...
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Buying an electric car can increase fuel use allowed by CAFE rulesResearchers at Carnegie Mellon University say incentives to sell alternative-fuel vehicle in federal laws could potentially create a short-term rise in fuel consumption and emissions from major automakers' new vehicles. Professors Jeremy Michalek, Ines Azevedo, and Alan Jenn studied Corporate...
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How VW's 3-liter diesel cheat worked; fate unclear for V-6 TDI vehiclesAfter last month's announcement of a plan that could pull hundreds of thousands of illegally polluting VW Group diesel cars off the road, one out of every six TDI owners is still in limbo. That's because the plan covers only the 482,000 cars equipped with Volkswagen's 2.0-liter 4-cylinder...
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Volkswagen may buy back 500,000 illegally polluting cars, report saysVolkswagen may buy back more than 500,000 illegally polluting cars in the U.S., Reuters reported Wednesday. The news agency’s report follows one from German newspaper Die Welt that the automaker may offer $5,000 to settle with owners of affected cars. A federal judge in San Francisco is...
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