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Green Car Congress
MARCH 3, 2016
On 14 November 2014, Winterkorn received another memo that reported, amongst other things, on several then current product defect cases and referred to a cost framework of approximately €20 million for the diesel issue in North America. For global automobile manufacturers, service measures and recall campaigns are nothing out of the ordinary.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2015
The AECD to which Horn refers is distinct from the hidden software “defeat device” in the four-cylinder diesels from model years 2009-2015 that could recognize whether a vehicle was being operated in a test laboratory or on the road. As the EPA has said, these vehicles do not present a safety hazard and remain safe and legal to drive.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 29, 2010
Failure to undertake and complete these mandatory safety studies may render any final rule legally vulnerable, the Alliance suggested. The NOI references numerous additional analyses that EPA and NHTSA are working with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to complete. We look forward to reviewing those studies.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. 40 CFR § 80.27
Green Car Congress
JULY 30, 2013
In addition to being extremely fuel-efficient, the 118d is produced on the next line over to the i3 in Leipzig, making it a good reference baseline, Dr. Weber said.). The production of the i3 marks the first time an automobile manufacturing plant in Germany has installed wind turbines on site to directly power production.)
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