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KBA approves Volkswagen’s fix for 1.2-liter EA189 TDI diesel engine

Green Car Congress

Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has approved the technical emissions-control solution—a software update—for vehicles with the 1.2-liter EA189 TDI diesel engine. The KBA approval applies to 460,000 vehicles of affected Group brands, including the Volkswagen Polo and SEAT Ibiza models. The software update can now be promptly carried out on the first vehicles of the second affected engine-size category.

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U.S. states agreed to keep Exxon climate-deception probe secret: here's why

Green Car Reports

As far back as the 1970s, Exxon conducted research that confirmed the occurrence of climate change—and that burning fossil fuels is a major contributor to it. But the company—now ExxonMobil—largely kept that research under wraps, while funding campaigns that denied the science of climate change for decades. This deception came to.

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Drink driving and the problem with sobering stats

Green Cars News

The number of drivers being stopped by police for drink-driving has gone down. That’s good news. The bad news is the number of drivers tested and foun.

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