Sentences with phrase «diesel cars worldwide»

Funds in the millions of dollars have been diverted from research and development to deal with potential fines and the costs of refitting an estimated 11 million diesel cars worldwide to meet emissions standards, with 500,000 of those in the U.S. alone.

Update, Sept. 22, 2015: On Tuesday, Volkswagen announced that 11 million diesel cars worldwide use the same «defeat device» software that evades emissions testing.

In September 2015 it emerged that Volkswagen had fitted software to around 11 million of its diesel cars worldwide which caused them to release fewer smog - causing pollutants during tests than in real - world driving conditions.

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As a next step, Mercedes - Benz is now due to offer the R, ML and GL 320 BlueTEC in the USA, the world's first three diesel cars which not only meet the particularly demanding criteria of the American Bin 5 standard, but also have the potential to fulfil the stringent EU6 standard due in the future - and which therefore considerably better all the current, worldwide exhaust emission standards for diesel passenger cars.

It was a diesel engine in the i8 concept car that made the rounds of the auto shows, but BMW says it switched to petrol for greater worldwide market appeal (meaning it expects Americans to buy a few).

3) Cities and countries worldwide are getting serious about curtailing gas and diesel car use, leading Torque News to report that recently Nissan Leaf prices were actually appreciating, thanks to a strong export market for lower priced used EVs.