Not exact matches
Reports emerged on Thursday that the U.S. Justice Department is poised to file a civil lawsuit against the firm for
selling over 100,000
vehicles that emit excess
diesel emissions.
Susan Alt, senior vice president of public affairs for Volvo Group North America, said the EPA's proposal «makes a mockery» of the company's investments to develop clean
diesel engines and will «hurt a large number of small businesses who are not
selling glider
vehicles.»
After 23 years
selling Volkswagens at his dealership, Kalafer reckons he has never seen anything as bad as the German automaker's rigging of the emissions levels on its clean
diesel vehicles.
So while Volvo will stop
selling all
vehicles that run purely on gas or
diesel, Aston Martin will continue churning out non-hybrid
vehicles, reports FT.
VW and Audi no longer are
selling diesel engines in the U.S. following an emissions cheating scandal that was revealed in fall 2015, and it appears sales are rebounding: Together, VW and Audi
sold 508,929
vehicles in the U.S. through November, up 7.6 % from like 2016.
In addition to the XC90 T8, Polestar also has performance optimization upgrades for Volvo's
diesel engines in Europe and for the new generation of Drive - E gas engines offered in
vehicles sold in the U.S..
If we look at the BMW M market, the biggest market is the U.S.. So, we always have to take into account if we look into technologies or new ideas, is that something that has a huge market in the U.S. (U.S. PR chimes in: «Currently, a
diesel M
vehicle would be a tough
sell.»)
Not counting pickups or any of the
vehicles from VW, Audi and Porsche, only 9,800
vehicles with
diesel engines have been
sold so far this year.
Automotive News reports VW still hasn't applied for EPA approval to continue
selling 2.0 - liter
diesel models including the Golf, Passat, Jetta and Beetle in the U.S., after withdrawing certificate applications for these 2016 model - year
vehicles.
With the ban on
diesel vehicles with engine capacity of more than 2.0 - litres, Mercedes - Benz was unable to
sell even a single
diesel model in NCR.
He also said that the Koleos is «highly probable» to be the best -
selling vehicle in the range, and once joined by the
diesel variants the «full line - up» is expected to
sell around 200 units a month.
The Q7 e-Tron is the second plug - in hybrid
diesel offered in Europe — Volvo has been
selling the V60 plug - in since the start of 2014, and has
sold more than 10,000 units of the
vehicle.
Initially, the cost of the battery likely will remain high, Lutz said, but GM is exploring the possibility of
selling its electrically propelled
vehicles but leasing its batteries, the idea being to get people to think of the batteries as a fuel source and pay for them as they go, the way they do for gasoline and
diesel.
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diesel engine, solid and well - crafted feel, lighter and more maneuverable than domestic vans..
Moro said the market for
diesel - powered
vehicles is too small to justify saddling the next CX - 9, which is
sold primarily in the U.S., with an oil burner.
«Chrysler says it
sold 10,313
diesel - powered Libertys in the
vehicle's first full year on the market — roughly double its target figure.
The move allows the company to begin
selling diesel versions of the popular
vehicles that US officials had refused to allow on the road over concerns about the emissions technology.
Forester is firmly established as Australia's best
selling compact sports utility
vehicle, with the most recent addition to the range being the
diesel variants that are proving a sales winner for our All - Wheel Drive brand.
This is clearly the best «clean
diesel» light -
vehicle concept offered by any manufacturer - Americans are shifting to the small SUV and I believe it will
sell very well here.
All models are now better equipped now, thanks to the standard fitment of electronic stability control, which was mandated for all new
vehicles sold in Australia earlier this year, as well as an upgraded 4.5 - litre turbo -
diesel V8 that meets the Euro 5 emissions standard in effect from November 1.
The announcement underscores Volkswagen Group of America's continued success with
diesel technology: Year - to - date the Volkswagen Group of America has
sold more than 47,000 clean
diesel vehicles, including more than 10,000 in the month of July alone.
Despite the fact that a significant chunk of buyers are preferring
vehicles with petrol engines since they offer a low upfront cost, Maruti thinks that they will still be able to capture the market with the
diesel engine only and the automaker expects to
sell 10,000 units of the
vehicle every month.
The Cherokee already
sells well, and the new
diesel model should widen its appeal further — in a
diesel market expected to make up 10 percent of total
vehicle sales by 2015.
VW Canada stopped
selling the
diesel models about the same time its German parent acknowledged that the
vehicles had been designed to adjust
diesel emissions during testing to provide better results than under normal operations..
Liquid fuel providers — producing and
selling diesel fuel, gasoline, or biofuels — and electricity providers — «fuelling» plug - in hybrid
vehicles with electricity generated with renewable energy — can now compete for the transportation dollar.
Currently being
sold at no price premium over
diesel fueled competitor
vehicles, it really does seem like this might be a game changer for many London cabbies.
Fine particles and black carbon from
diesel vehicles and engines can be virtually eliminated through technologies that are present on half of new heavy - duty
vehicles sold today.
We now have, assuming fuel - cell
vehicles can be
sold in competition with Tesla's EV, three alternatives besides gasoline or
diesel fuel.
(12) the establishment of such a
vehicle fleet and distribution system would provide a large market that would mobilize private resources to substantially advance the technology and expand the production of alcohol fuels in the United States and abroad; (13) the United States has an urgent national security interest to develop alcohol fuels technology, production, and distribution systems as rapidly as possible; (14) new cars
sold in the United States that are equipped with an internal combustion engine should allow for fuel competition by being flexible fuel
vehicles, and new
diesel cars should be capable of operating on biodiesel; and (15) such an open fuel standard would help to protect the United States economy from high and volatile oil prices and from the threats caused by global instability, terrorism, and natural disaster.