Automotive News: EU rolls out stricter car emissions test, Volkswagen bought back almost 300,000 cheating diesel cars
EU rolls out stricter car emissions test
New on-road car emissions testing comes into force in the European Union on Friday as regulators strive to prevent a repeat of Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal.
The German carmaker’s admission in September 2015 that it used software to cheat U.S. diesel emission tests highlighted the laxness of the EU’s own tests, prompting reforms.
The new process, known as Real Driving Emissions (RDE), is designed to reflect everyday driving conditions and to narrow the disparity between road and laboratory test results.
Until now only laboratory tests have been used as the benchmark for assessing vehicle emissions, with carmakers employing a variety of strategies - such as taping up doors and windows - to produce better results than possible on the road. read more »
Volkswagen bought back almost 300,000 cheating diesel cars
A bunch of them are parked outside of Colorado Springs
A huge parking lot north of the Pikes Peak International Raceway is filled with vehicles — even on days when race cars aren’t speeding around the oval.
Thousands of Golfs, Beetles, Jettas, Passats and Audi A3s have been brought here since the federal government cracked down on Volkswagen for cheating on emissions tests two years ago and had the German carmaker buy back its cars. read more »
