Automakers who aren't VW struggled
with diesel emissions certifications before, so why go in that direction now?
With its diesel emissions cheating, Volkswagen lost the trust of the American people, which is a shame because its gasoline - engine cars are still quite good.
Not exact matches
For example, the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach in southern California in July approved a plan to replace their current fleets of mostly
diesel trucks
with zero - or near zero -
emissions vehicles by 2030.
The document remains confidential, but CARB has stated that in it «VW admitted... that it designed and manufactured its 2.0 - liter
diesel vehicles
with defeat devices to bypass, defeat, or render inoperative elements of the vehicles»
emission - control system.»
In collaboration
with CARB, the ICCT contracted
with a group of engineers at West Virginia University to compare the NOx
emissions of three U.S.
diesel cars in and out of the lab.
The company, based in Fullerton, California, retrofits large
diesel - powered vehicles such as garbage trucks and off - road construction equipment
with a system that cuts smog - causing
emissions by as much as 90 percent.
After the car companies met
with the government at the start of this month, the CEOs of Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW conceded responsibility for the
diesel scandal and promised to pay for software upgrades to reduce
emissions from affected vehicles.
A program dealing
with San Francisco Bay that received $ 4.8 million last year would be eliminated, as would initiatives for reducing
diesel emissions and beach water quality testing.
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.
More recent
diesels from VW and other manufacturers have attacked those shortcomings
with turbochargers, more precise combustion and additional hardware to curb
emissions.
But the indictment alleges Winterkorn was informed of VW's
diesel emissions cheating in May 2014 and in July 2015 and he agreed
with other senior VW executives «to continue to perpetrate the fraud and deceive U.S. regulators,» prosecutors said.
The former Volkswagen CEO was charged
with conspiring to mislead regulators about the automaker's
diesel emissions.
Former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn was charged in federal court in Detroit
with conspiring to mislead regulators about the German automaker's
diesel emissions cheating.
Volkswagen admitted in late 2015 that it fitted as many as 11 million
diesel vehicles worldwide
with software that could cheat
emissions tests.
Volkswagen's former Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn was charged in a Michigan federal court
with conspiracy and wire fraud in relation to a probe into the German automaker's efforts to cheat U.S.
diesel emissions testing, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday...
Volkswagen AG's former Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn was charged in a Michigan federal court
with conspiracy and wire fraud in relation to a probe into the German automaker's efforts to cheat U.S.
diesel emissions testing, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.
Sean Ryan
[email protected] Contractors want to reduce
diesel emissions with public money rather than submitting to government mandates that force the issue and cripple companies.
It added: «These results challenge the existing paradigm that
diesel cars are associated, in general,
with far higher PM
emission rates, reflecting the effectiveness» of engine add - ons like DPFs to stem pollution.
New results challenge the existing paradigm that late model
diesel cars are associated, in general,
with far higher PM
emission rates.
By simulating how a highly volatile, low - soot fuel behaves in many engine designs, «We hope to retain the performance of
diesel fuel
with lower particulate matter and nitrogen oxide
emissions,» said Roberto Torelli, an Argonne postdoctoral researcher on Som's team.
The speedy $ 155,000 Austrian - built pleasure boat combines an electric engine
with a 256 horsepower Steyr
diesel motor to allow for
emissions - free harbor cruising or high octane speeding across open water.
In Europe, where
diesel - passenger cars are common, 28,500 deaths annually are attributed to
diesel NOx pollution,
with 11,500 of those deaths linked to excess
emissions.
Anyone who would like to drive a cleaner car than the law requires today does have an alternative, though:
with NOx
emissions way below 10 milligrams per kilometer, the natural / biogas vehicle that was also included in the measurements fared around 60 to 140 times better than the
diesel cars.
Communities of color and those
with low education and high poverty and unemployment may face greater health risks even if their air quality meets federal health standards.A pervasive air pollutant, the fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 is a mixture of
emissions from
diesel engines, power plants, refineries and other sources of combustion.
These new trucks — which employ a
diesel combustion engine along
with a hydraulic high - pressure accumulator that stores energy captured during braking — get 35 percent better fuel economy and generate as much as 30 percent fewer greenhouse gas
emissions as compared to the non-hybrid
diesel - powered vehicles they are replacing.
Researchers from the US and China have determined that a duckweed biorefinery producing a range of gasoline,
diesel and kerosene products can be economically competitive
with petroleum - based processes, even in some cases without environmental legislation that penalizes greenhouse gas
emissions.
Transport that oil prequel, using more energy, to specialized refineries that can deal
with heavy oil, which is again a more intensive process
with more
emissions, and you get products like
diesel fuel.
The economical four - cylinder, Euro 5
emissions compliant turbo
diesel engine produces enough power to propel the bus at freeway speeds, and
with a 100 - litre fuel tank has a huge operating range between refills.
With the Golf TDI no longer in the running given VW's
emissions scandal, the
diesel Cruze has a good chance to steal some customers and market share that are up for grabs.
The difficulty
with the
diesel is LEV III [
emissions standards].
CH - 4 Severe - Duty
Diesel Engine Service This service oils are suitable for high speed, four - stroke
diesel engines designed to meet 1998 exhaust
emission standards and are specifically compounded for use
with diesel fuels ranging in sulfur content up to 0.5 % weight.
BruinBus Transit Fleet Ditches
Diesel and Goes All Clean Fuel Sep 27, 2016 UCLA Newsroom (Los Angeles, CA) UCLA became the first public university in California
with electric buses today, when two zero -
emissions electric buses replaced the last
diesel buses in the BruinBus transit fleet.
Downsizing was first introduced
with VAG and Peugeot 1.4 lt turbo engines which replaced the 1.6, 1.8 and in some cases the 2.0 lt petrol engines,
with less
emissions and more power and torque, something that they had to do in order to compete also
with the smaller
diesel engines.
At a time when the take rate of
diesel engines has been dwindling, what
with increasingly stringent NOx and particulate
emission regulations, and sales of hybrids and increasingly frugal gasoline - powered vehicles are mushrooming, the future for
diesels is uncertain.
Other notable factors are a lower proportion of
diesel - powered engines across the Australian car and LCV fleet than in Europe, fewer government incentives for lower -
emissions vehicles and relatively low fuel prices compared
with Europe.
Following on
with Porsche's recent distancing of itself from
diesel, the new Cayenne E-Hybrid promises reduced fuel consumption and
emissions, although how much attention has been lavished on driving pleasure, we're not so sure.
It's worth noting that 2010
emissions regulations require an extra
diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) combined
with a rather complicated three - stage selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system to practically eliminate tailpipe
emissions.
On Tuesday, CARB's enforcement division chief, Todd Sax, told the California state legislature that VW may not be able to apply a fix to the 482,000 model years 2009 - ’15
diesels (including a few Audi A3s) that would bring the cars into full compliance
with emission standards, according to Reuters.
Results showed that the patented hydraulic hybrid
diesel technology achieved a 45 - to 50 - percent improvement in fuel economy and a 30 percent reduction in CO2
emissions compared
with traditional
diesel - powered vehicles.
EPA says Fiat Chrysler's
diesel Jeeps and Rams violate the Clean Air Act
with defeat devices: Just prior to President Trump taking office, the Environmental Protection Agency announces it's investigating Fiat Chrysler for alleged fuel economy /
emissions test cheating devices on its Jeep and Ram EcoDiesel engines.
After Friday's accusations from the EPA concerning Volkswagen's alleged violation of
emissions regulations, Volkswagen has now issued a nationwide stop - sale for affected new 2015 and 2016
diesel models equipped
with the 2.0 - liter TDI engine, as well as all certified pre-owned vehicles
with the
diesel four - cylinder.
With almost as much performance as the current SKYACTIV - G engine in the Miata, but with comparable emissions to a 1.5 diesel motor, the SKYACTIV - X engine offers longevity to the gasoline burning engines that us petrol heads cher
With almost as much performance as the current SKYACTIV - G engine in the Miata, but
with comparable emissions to a 1.5 diesel motor, the SKYACTIV - X engine offers longevity to the gasoline burning engines that us petrol heads cher
with comparable
emissions to a 1.5
diesel motor, the SKYACTIV - X engine offers longevity to the gasoline burning engines that us petrol heads cherish.
The Defender has been tweaked over the years
with various new engines - it's about to receive its seventh different
diesel motor, a version of JLR's 2.2 - litre four - cylinder that will help it through the next round of Euro
emissions tests.
That Ecomotive model might be the economy star but all the
diesels offer seriously impressive consumption and
emissions figures,
with even the 181bhp 2.0 TDI able to muster an official 65.7 mpg in manual form, or 60.1 mpg as a DSG auto.
Every
diesel Tiguan Allspace is outfitted
with a twelve - litre AdBlue tank to help reduce nitrogen oxide
emissions.
The investigation began when the California Air Resources Board (CARB) «was engaged in dialogue
with our European counterparts concerning high in use
emissions from light duty
diesels,» CARB, which has its own testing lab, said in a letter to VW Group of America's legal counsel.
The lowest
emissions rating comes from the manual
diesel version of the Fastback, at 104g / km,
with the hatch not far behind at 107g / km.
In harmony
with its touchy - feely image, Volvo's new Drive - E family of four - cylinder gas and
diesel engines emphasize low
emissions and high fuel efficiency.
This new model, along
with plenty of other plug - in hybrid models, is part of Audi's strategy to pump up its electrified portfolio to target Tesla, a goal made even more important now by the company's desire to distance itself from the
diesel emissions scandal.
Volkswagen may even start buying back those
diesel models involved
with the
emissions scandal, or at the very least, offer them a new model at a heavily discounted price.