Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

At that event, the EPA revealed that some 3.0-liter liter V-6 TDI diesel engines used by Audi, Porsche, and. David Shepardson, D.C. bureau chief for The Detroit News, attended a press conference held by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2016

Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC, Porsche AG, and Porsche Cars North America, Inc. 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.

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Audi Porsche Clean Cleaning 150

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

models of Mercedes-Benz sold with diesel engines have found software, possibly illegal under EPA rules, that helped them pass emission tests. Such software may be similar to that notoriously used in 580,000 vehicles sold by VW, Audi, and Porsche from 2009 through 2015 in what became the Volkswagen diesel emission.

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Mercedes Diesel Emissions Porsche 112

Green Car Reports

APRIL 14, 2016

with a diesel engine after all, but the 2017 Porsche Macan was recently ensnared in the Volkswagen diesel scandal. The issue prevented Porsche from shipping the vehicles to the 13 states subject to California Air. It may not be sold in the U.S.

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Porsche Diesel EPA 2017 60

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2014

For drivers whose travel include long stretches of high-speed highways, diesel cars offer a fuel-efficient alternative to gasoline vehicles. For many years, the biggest seller of diesel vehicles in the U.S. has been Volkswagen--more recently joined by its corporate siblings Audi and Porsche.

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Porsche Audi Diesel 2013 115

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

The California Air Resources Board sent an In Use Compliance letter notifying Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche to start the process necessary to recall and repair illegal emissions software in all 3-liter diesel vehicles, model years 2009 – 2015, sold in California. liter diesel engines from model years 2009 through 2016.

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California Diesel Audi EPA 150

Green Car Congress

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

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California Diesel Audi EPA 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Wednesday rejected proposed plans submitted by Volkswagen/Audi and Porsche for repair of undisclosed Auxiliary Emission Control Devices (AECDs) and defeat devices in 3.0 liter, diesel passenger cars manufactured for model years 2009-2016. This decision affects about 16,000 3.0-liter

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 16, 2018

Switzerland halts registrations of some diesels from Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. New records show internal pushback at the EPA over freezing fuel-economy regulations. The SEC issues subpoenas to Tesla over CEO Elon Musk's plan to take the company private. And we run down the best deals on green cars this month.

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Green Cars EPA Green Diesel 62

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2017

liter diesel passenger cars that included emissions control “defeat devices,” under partial Consent Decrees ( earlier post ) approved by a Federal court. liter diesel cars with a similar defeat device. liter diesel vehicles manufactured between model years 2009 and 2015. diesel models include: 2009 VW Touareg, Audi Q7.

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California Diesel Cayenne Audi 150

Green Car Reports

JULY 21, 2017

The September 2015 announcement by the EPA that VW Group engineers had admitted to deliberate cheating on U.S. emission tests of the company's "clean diesel' engines may prove to be another.

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Diesel Porsche Audi Mercedes 105

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Driving impressions and charging impressions are in for the 2020 Porsche Taycan. Daimler faces a whopper of a fine in Germany over its diesels. And the EPA suggests California’s air is too dirty. No, really.

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EPA California Charging Porsche 68

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 23, 2017

State and federal environmental regulators announced Monday they had approved modifications to illegally polluting Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche SUVs fitted with VW Group's 3.0-liter liter V-6 TDI turbodiesel engine The EPA and California Air Resources Board sent a letter Friday to VW announcing the approved modifications for the 3.0-liter

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Porsche Audi SUV Diesel 67

Green Car Reports

JULY 1, 2016

liter TDI diesel cars finally got some good news this week when the terms of a proposed final settlement between VW and the EPA were announced. Owners of VW and Audi 2.0-liter

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Audi Diesel Porsche EPA 105

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Volkswagen today announced that it had reached a settlement with owners of Audi, Porsche, and VW vehicles fitted with its 3.0-liter liter V-6 diesel engine.

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Porsche Audi Diesel 2009 60

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

With the permanent end of diesel sales in the U.S. by three VW Group brands—Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche—the number of diesel passenger cars and light trucks has plummeted. In fact, for the 2018 model year thus far, there are only 11. That number.

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2018 Diesel Porsche Audi 116

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Amidst a growing list of probes into Volkswagen's diesel-emission cheating scandal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expanding its investigation to cover additional diesel engines used in VW Group vehicles.

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Diesel EPA Porsche Audi 60

Green Car Reports

MAY 11, 2016

Last November, the EPA announced that nearly 100,000 cars and SUVs fitted with VW Group's 3-liter V-6 diesel engines violated the Clean Air Act. The agency said at the time that their emissions were up to nine times the legal limit in some circumstances. While that's better than the figure of "up to 35 times" legal limits for some 2.0-liter.

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Diesel Legal Porsche Audi 60

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 4, 2018

Which company just announced the largest diesel emissions recall in history? What cars were Tesla Model 3 buyers most likely to trade in? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending Aug. Friday, we learned that Teslas will soon get new Autopilot hardware, which will.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 10, 2015

liter four-cylinder TDI diesel models to the EPA, no details of the changes required have emerged. But for the other set of VW Group diesel engines, the 3.0-liter liter V-6 TDI units used in Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen vehicles, Audi's CEO says the fix may be simple. That V-6 is used.

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Audi Diesel Porsche EPA 60

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The EPA had issued a complaint in which it accused VW of incorporating emission-cheating software into its 3.0-liter liter V-6 TDI diesels, used by Audi and Porsche as well. It was only three weeks ago that Volkswagen headquarters in Germany came out swinging against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Porsche is consistently targeting improving fuel economy with each model change. L/100 km respectively, is attributable to the switch to direct fuel injection and the introduction of the seven-speed Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) instead of the five-speed automatic torque converter transmission Tiptronic S. l/100 km (24 mpg US).

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Fuel Economy Cayenne Porsche Economy 236

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The Volkswagen diesel scandal has had wide-ranging impacts globally, and specific local effects in the U.S. No VW Group brand will sell diesel vehicles in North America again any time soon, and most likely ever—meaning Audi, Volkswagen, and Porsche. vehicle market.

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Diesel North America Porsche Mercedes 60

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The Volkswagen diesel scandal has had wide-ranging impacts globally, and specific local effects in the U.S. No VW Group brand will sell diesel vehicles in North America again any time soon, and most likely ever—meaning Audi, Volkswagen, and Porsche. vehicle market.

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Diesel North America Porsche Mercedes 60

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen provided a medium dive into details of its two-seater XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) as well as some driving time on local roads and highways. two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5 Data: Volkswagen, US EPA and DOE. inches tall.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2017

The US has charged a former Audi manager via criminal complaint for his role in a conspiracy to defraud US regulators and customers by implementing defeat device software in thousands of Audi diesel vehicles to cheat US emissions tests. liter diesel engine that would be the cornerstone for its passenger diesel vehicle sales in the US.

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Audi Emissions Diesel Charging 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

Volkswagen AG has agreed with the US government to resolve criminal and federal environmental and other civil claims against the company relating to the diesel emissions cheating débâcle. The Supervisory Board directed the law firm Jones Day to share all findings of its independent investigation of the diesel matter with the DOJ.

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United States Diesel EPA Emissions 150

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Which carmaker was charged by the EPA with creating special software to cheat for years on emissions tests? And, why is the same electric car rated at both 107 miles and 155 miles of range? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, September 18, 2015.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

TDI V6 diesel engine vehicles in the United States. TDI V6 diesel engine vehicles that Volkswagen, Audi, or Porsche marketed or sold in the United States for Model Years 2009 through 2016. Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Under the 3.0L The proposed settlement applies to all 3.0L TDI V6 vehicles.

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Teslarati

MAY 25, 2022

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has reached a $300 million plea deal after pleading guilty to criminal conduct concerning an emissions fraud probe involving its vehicles with diesel engines, a new report from Reuters said. Just days before the announcement, the EPA ordered the recall of affected vehicles manufactured between 2009 and 2015.

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Chrysler Emissions Pollution Jeep 70

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Cruze Diesel is identified by a discreet badge on the trunk. US buyers hunting for a non-premium diesel passenger car (i.e., not a truck or SUV, and not a vehicle from BMW, Audi, Porsche or Mercedes-Benz) have until recently only had Volkswagen-brand cars as an option: Beetle, Golf, Jetta, Passat. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2012

Porsche will offer the Cayenne Diesel in the United States market for the first time beginning with the 2013 model year. The third-generation 2013 Boxster, the first all-new design since its debut in 1996, is also on display at the New York International Auto Show along with the Cayenne Diesel. Final figures will be.

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Cayenne Porsche Diesel 2013 218

Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Competing in the premium midsize SUV category, the 2021 Cadillac XT5 is right in the middle of stiff competition, including models from Acura, Audi, BMW, Genesis, Infiniti, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Tesla and Volvo. The 2021 XT5 with the base four-cylinder, turbocharged engine is EPA rated at 22/29/24.

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Cadillac Land Rover MPG Fuel Economy 75

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Polestar plans on being a major manufacturer of all-electric luxury vehicles, competing with the likes of Lucid, Porsche and Tesla. The undetectable and seamless transitions have an EPA -rated 26 mpg city, with a combined (combined city and highway) 58 mpg. The open road is where the Polestar 1 wants to be. Polestar 1: Power and Range.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The front wheels are turned by the optional Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) delivering an EPA mpg rating of 36 city/43 highway/39 combined. mpg, which is a nice bump over the EPA Combined estimate of 39 mpg. The engine start/stop button is located on the left side of the steering wheel, just like a Porsche.

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Mitsubishi MPG Fuel Economy Clean 52

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 15, 2023

Supercharged, turnbocharged and paired with a 143 hp electric motor Range and fuel economy are rated by the EPA 28 mpg city and highway combined for the hybrid engine. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels.

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Recharge Volvo Plug-in SUV 78

Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 5, 2022

The EV6 has an EPA range of up to 310 miles and quick charging rates due to its cutting edge 800-volt architecture. In the range topping GT-Line AWD model, it’s got Porsche-level performance of 0-60 in 4.6 This platform will be the basis for a whole new line of future Kia EVs. Pricing ranges from $41,400 to $56,400.

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