Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2016

The complaint alleges that nearly 600,000 diesel engine vehicles had illegal defeat devices installed that impair their emission control systems and cause emissions to exceed EPA’s standards, resulting in harmful air pollution. During normal driving situations the effectiveness of the emissions control devices is greatly reduced.

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MAY 18, 2017

liter diesel passenger cars that included emissions control “defeat devices,” under partial Consent Decrees ( earlier post ) approved by a Federal court. VW admitted to CARB engineers in November 2015 that it installed “defeat devices” that altered the operation of emissions control equipment in light-duty, 3.0-liter liter vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

One of the AECDs relates to the temperature conditioning of the exhaust‑gas cleaning system. Specifically, this is the software for the temperature conditioning of the exhaust-gas cleaning system. Volkswagen uses the engine in the Touareg and Porsche has used it in the Cayenne since model year 2013. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

EPA issued a second notice of violation ( NOV ) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., alleging emissions cheating. liter engines for model years (MY) 2014 through 2016 that results in increased NO x emissions of up to nine times EPA’s standard.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of California, by and through the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Attorney General, to resolve civil claims regarding approximately 83,000 affected 3.0L TDI V6 vehicles.

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