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New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

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Since that study, which was transparently designed to quantify the worst-case tire emissions under legal driving, Emissions Analytics has been testing and analyzing tire wear emissions in more detail across a wider range of driving conditions, and has performed a detailed chemical analysis of hundreds of new tires. mg/km for mass and 6.0

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CARB settles with American Honda Motor for $6.9M for violations of air quality regulations on small off-road engines

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In 2019, CARB testing revealed several small off-road engine (SORE) products did not meet CARB evaporative emission standards. Honda failed these tests demonstrating evaporative emissions of gasoline above the legal limit. (Honda) of Torrance, California for $6.9 million for violations of CARB’s air quality regulations.

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German Federal Administrative Court rules diesel bans in cities possible

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Previously, the Administrative Court in Dusseldorf and the court in Stuttgart had ruled that diesel bans are legally permissible and necessary to achieve NO 2 limit values as soon as possible in the two cities. The state was directed to consider further measures to limit the emissions of diesel vehicles by amending the Clean Air Plan.

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Provisional agreement reached on European CO2 standards for heavy-duty trucks; 30% lower by 2030

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Under the agreement, emissions from new trucks will have to be 15% lower by 2025 and 30% lower in 2030 compared to 2019 emissions. The deal follows an agreement reached in December on new CO 2 emission standards for cars and light vans in the EU for the period after 2020.

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SEC charges Volkswagen AG, former CEO Winterkorn with defrauding bond investors during emissions fraud

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission charged Volkswagen AG, two of its subsidiaries, and its former CEO, Martin Winterkorn, for defrauding US investors, raising billions of dollars through the corporate bond and fixed income markets while making a series of deceptive claims about the environmental impact of the company’s “clean diesel” fleet.

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Who’s at Fault if Your Self-Driving Tesla Crashes?

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The next step would be to take photos of your damaged Tesla for insurance and legal purposes. No street-legal vehicles have reached Level 3 autonomy. One accident from 2019 will significantly impact litigation for Tesla drivers and other automated cars moving forward. first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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The ship’s captain stopped the engines, and the aircraft flashed its lights at the rubber boat. If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. But neither the ship nor the aircraft came to the rescue. The main reason is because the E.U.

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