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Volkswagen India Says Will Contest National Green Tribunal's Rs 500 Crore Penalty: Report
In January NGT fined Volkswagen Rs 100 crore in a separate case relating to excess emissions of nitrogen oxide, a smog-forming pollutant linked to lung and heart disease.
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Green Panel Slaps Fine Of Rs 171-Crore On Volkswagen For Air Pollution
A four-member committee formed by the National Green Tribunal has recommended Rs 171.34 crore fine on German auto major Volkswagen as "health damages" for causing air pollution in Delhi due to excess nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions.
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All New Euro 6 Diesel Cars Are Still Highly Polluting, Says Study
TRUE made public a ratings system reflecting real-world emissions of nitrogen oxides measured for over 90 per cent of PVs registrations in Europe.
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Audi Recalls 5,000 Diesel Cars To Fix Emissions Control Software
Volkswagen was found in 2015 to have illegally manipulated engine software so that vehicles would meet nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions standards in laboratory testing but not in real-world conditions, where they could emit up to 40 times the permitted levels.
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European Union Raids Daimler, Volkswagen In Cartel Inquiry
Volkswagen, its units Porsche and Audi, Daimler's Mercedes and BMW may have used industry committee meetings to fix the size of tanks for AdBlue, a liquid used to treat nitrogen oxide in diesel emissions.
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A Diesel-Run SUV May Be Emitting 25-65 Times More NOx, Says New Study
Adding one diesel SUV to the city fleet in Delhi-NCR is equal to adding 25 to 65 small petrol cars in terms of nitrogen oxide, a very harmful gas that also forms deadly ozone.
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EPA Suspected Fiat Chrysler Of Using 'Defeat Device' In 2015
Byron Bunker, director of the EPA's Transportation and Air Quality compliance division, said in a January 2016 email to Fiat Chrysler, obtained by Reuters under the Freedom of Information Act, that he was "very concerned about the unacceptably slow pace" of the automaker's efforts to explain high nitrogen oxide emissions from some of its vehicles.
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Volvo Cars To Stop Developing New Diesel Engines: CEO
Volvo will invest in electric and hybrid cars, with its first pure electric model due on the market in 2019.
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Violent Young Sun May Have Seeded Life on Earth: Study
Super-flares could've smashed nitrogen in Earth's air to yield a greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide, as well as hydrogen cyanide, which produces the building blocks of proteins.
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Mercedes to Maruti: Cars Causing More Pollution in India Than Europe
From Mercedes to Maruti cars in India emits almost 4 and a half times more cancer causing particulate matter and over double the amount of the poisonous nitrogen oxide than the same model made for Europe.
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Volkwagen Sued By US For Emissions Cheating, Faces USD 20 Billion Penalty
The US has sued Volkswagen alleging that nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles, including all its brands, had illegal defeat devices installed resulting in excess harmful emissions and the German automobile giant faces penalties well above USD 20 billion.
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Volkswagen India Says Will Contest National Green Tribunal's Rs 500 Crore Penalty: Report
In January NGT fined Volkswagen Rs 100 crore in a separate case relating to excess emissions of nitrogen oxide, a smog-forming pollutant linked to lung and heart disease.
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Green Panel Slaps Fine Of Rs 171-Crore On Volkswagen For Air Pollution
A four-member committee formed by the National Green Tribunal has recommended Rs 171.34 crore fine on German auto major Volkswagen as "health damages" for causing air pollution in Delhi due to excess nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions.
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All New Euro 6 Diesel Cars Are Still Highly Polluting, Says Study
TRUE made public a ratings system reflecting real-world emissions of nitrogen oxides measured for over 90 per cent of PVs registrations in Europe.
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Audi Recalls 5,000 Diesel Cars To Fix Emissions Control Software
Volkswagen was found in 2015 to have illegally manipulated engine software so that vehicles would meet nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions standards in laboratory testing but not in real-world conditions, where they could emit up to 40 times the permitted levels.
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European Union Raids Daimler, Volkswagen In Cartel Inquiry
Volkswagen, its units Porsche and Audi, Daimler's Mercedes and BMW may have used industry committee meetings to fix the size of tanks for AdBlue, a liquid used to treat nitrogen oxide in diesel emissions.
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A Diesel-Run SUV May Be Emitting 25-65 Times More NOx, Says New Study
Adding one diesel SUV to the city fleet in Delhi-NCR is equal to adding 25 to 65 small petrol cars in terms of nitrogen oxide, a very harmful gas that also forms deadly ozone.
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EPA Suspected Fiat Chrysler Of Using 'Defeat Device' In 2015
Byron Bunker, director of the EPA's Transportation and Air Quality compliance division, said in a January 2016 email to Fiat Chrysler, obtained by Reuters under the Freedom of Information Act, that he was "very concerned about the unacceptably slow pace" of the automaker's efforts to explain high nitrogen oxide emissions from some of its vehicles.
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Volvo Cars To Stop Developing New Diesel Engines: CEO
Volvo will invest in electric and hybrid cars, with its first pure electric model due on the market in 2019.
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Violent Young Sun May Have Seeded Life on Earth: Study
Super-flares could've smashed nitrogen in Earth's air to yield a greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide, as well as hydrogen cyanide, which produces the building blocks of proteins.
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Mercedes to Maruti: Cars Causing More Pollution in India Than Europe
From Mercedes to Maruti cars in India emits almost 4 and a half times more cancer causing particulate matter and over double the amount of the poisonous nitrogen oxide than the same model made for Europe.
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Volkwagen Sued By US For Emissions Cheating, Faces USD 20 Billion Penalty
The US has sued Volkswagen alleging that nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles, including all its brands, had illegal defeat devices installed resulting in excess harmful emissions and the German automobile giant faces penalties well above USD 20 billion.
