Sentences with phrase «since diesel emissions»

Since diesel emissions from the plant's back - up fuel settled in the region in February, many residents have complained of eye, nose and throat irritation, breathing problems and headaches.

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The automaker admits that, since 2009, it outfitted several of its diesel - powered models — such as the Golf, Passat, Jetta, and Beetle — with «defeat devices» that would switch off emissions controls, and thereby boost performance, except when the vehicles were being put through environmental tests.

We've been hearing about a diesel - powered Colorado and Canyon since before the mid-size trucks even launched, and it looks like the engine's combination of low - end torque and low emissions will be worth the wait.

The 3.0 - liter V - 6 rated at 240 hp and 369 lb - ft of torque is heralded by Audi «as the cleanest diesel in the world,» since it even meets tough California emissions standards.

From then on there were the also the 0.9, 1.0, 1.2 lt turbo engines by most carmakers but since the emissions tests are now going to be based on real life conditions and not lab conditions, even those displacements apart from the diesel ones will prove to pollute more than what is claimed and as such, especially in the non-turbo small petrol engines the only way to meet the emissions is to upsize in order also to maintain and improve performance.

Volkswagen has been in full crisis mode since the revelation in September that it was cheating U.S. regulators on diesel emissions.

The scandal made headlines once again this month as European investigators now believe that BMW, Daimler (Mercedes - Benz), and Volkswagen have been colluding on diesel technology since the 90s, including how to control diesel emissions.

Government regulators have been inspecting diesel vehicles more closely ever since VW's emissions scandal came to light.

All engines deliver both fuel consumption improvements and CO2 reduction benefits over their predecessors — and, since diesel cleanliness has been in the headlines a lot this year, it should be noted that all A4s, both petrol and diesel, meet stringent Euro 6 emissions regulations.

The automaker is also the first Japanese marque to report misconduct involving fuel economy testing since Volkswagen's diesel emissions cheating was discovered last year.

Reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s, mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs, have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a first - of - its - kind study — which Berkeley Lab participated in — examining the impact of black carbon on California's climate.

Sacramento — Reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s, mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs, have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a first - of - its - kind study examining the impact of black carbon on California's climate.

It does not quite have zero emissions, however, since it has a plug - in clean diesel hybrid - electric drivetrain.