That's when VW, the EPA, and the California Air Resources Board went public on the German automaker's «cheater software» to
meet emissions standards without expensive particulate emissions aftertreatment.
The company that once sold an affordable compact so clean
it met emissions standards without a catalytic converter is hell bent on owning the hybrid market — small as it may be, Prius be damned, and cost no object.
Not exact matches
The Civic utilized Honda's CVCC technology, later used in the Accord, to help Honda
meet emission standards of the 1970s and early 1980s
without the added expense of a catalytic converter.
It was the first to
meet the stricter U.S.
emissions standards of the 1970s,
without using a catalytic converter.
It can thus do
without NOx aftertreatments and still
meet emissions standards globally.
While US
emissions are decreasing slightly — both as a result of the administration's policies on renewable energy and vehicle fuel economy
standards and because of sharply lower natural gas prices that have reduced coal use for electricity generation — it is unlikely that
without additional regulation or legislation that the US will
meet its 2020 target.
The climate policy review backs a new light vehicle fuel efficiency
standard to reduce transport
emissions,
without being definitive, and it declares Australia will
meet its international climate commitments.