As part of a record $15 billion settlement, owners and lessees of most Volkswagen (VLKAY) diesel-powered vehicles will see some monetary relief.The agreement, thelargest auto-related class-action settlement in U.S. history, is designed to provide choice and flexibility to about 475,000 owners...
Electric school buses barely existed a decade ago. The technology got its first big break in the form of Volkswagen AG’s 2016 multi-billion dollar settlement with U.S. environmental officials for knowingly selling nearly 600,000 diesel cars that violated Clean Air Act standards, explains Mudd. ...
That yard’s diesel shop, visible from U.S. 69, is where locomotives are sent for repairs and preventative maintenance.One electrician in the shop said inspections that previously checked 100 items on the locomotive have been cut by half. Many engines only get a quick oil change, brake ...
They also coincide with new proposals to cut carbon emissions from new cars to 95 grams per kilometre – partly by relying more extensively on blending biofuels with conventional petrol and diesel. Civil and military aviation is also stepping up the experimental use of biofuels in jet engines. Th...
In astatement, Manchin said the bill would “risk the reliability of our electric grid,” and that reducing emissions “at a rate that is faster than technology or the markets allow will have catastrophic consequences for the American people like we have seen in both Texas and California in ...
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Particularly if it was supported by government legislation to address the cause of respiratory ill health, rather than simply point the finger at diesel, for example, which is a secondary irritant. Sorry, a rant, but I’m so pissed off with governments plastering over cracks instead of dealing...
The settlement may provide a measure of relief to VW owners, who have expressed concern about not only the value of their cars but ongoing emissions issues. Many customers had been drawn to the carmaker's image of "clean diesel" and felt betrayed after researchers uncovered the emissions cheat...
“A ‘tyre tax’ will need to be imposed on electric cars to combat poor air quality in cities, the (UK) Government’s top clear air adviser has claimed. Particles from tyre wear are more dangerous to public health than diesel exhaust fumes, Professor Alastair Lewis The chairman of the G...
First is it is only used for petrol /gasoline and diesel and along with natural gas to heat our homes and that can be replaced. Secondly, despite the evidence, it is not involved in any other part of our lives. As a result we have groups like XR and Just Stop Oil, showing all ...