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Volkswagen of America temporarily withdraws application for US certification of MY 2016 vehicles; AECDs

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In the prepared testimony, Horn says that in the spring of 2014 when the West Virginia University study that brought the emissions issue to the fore was published, he was told that there was a possible emissions non-compliance issue that could be remedied. Earlier post.).

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ICCT study finds real-world NOx emissions from Euro 6 diesels ~7x higher than Euro 6 regulatory levels

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The testing of the US-spec vehicles certified to the US Tier 2 Bin 5/California LEV II standard was commissioned to West Virginia University (WVU) by the ICCT.). Some EU Member States are already facing legal actions for persistent air pollution problems. g/m 3 one-hour average for nitrogen dioxide, 40 ?g/m

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