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AAA study finds automatic emergency braking and lane keeping assistance performance can be impeded by rain

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During closed course testing, AAA simulated rainfall and found that test vehicles equipped with automatic emergency braking (AEB) traveling at 35 mph collided with a stopped vehicle one third (33%) of the time. In aggregate, testing conducted at 25 mph resulted in a collision for 17% of test runs.

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ICCT-led test of 73 Euro 6 diesels finds large difference in NOx results under NEDC and more realistic WLTC

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SCR systems use a catalyst and an aqueous urea solution commercially known as diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) or AdBlue to reduce NO x to gaseous nitrogen and water. For the study, chassis dynamometer testing was conducted by the ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club), the largest car club in Europe. km/h, or 81.50

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New diesel Volkswagen Golf GTD heading for the US; first driving impressions

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As a comparison, in 2007, the first-generation Golf BlueMotion (Volkswagen’s most fuel-efficient version) was regarded as having sensational gas mileage at 52 mpg—4 mpg worse than the new GTD, which has 79 more horsepower and is 25 mph faster. seconds and also accelerates from 50 to 75 mph in fifth gear in 7.5

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