Automotive News: Volkswagen's Diesel Emissions Fix Lowers Fuel Economy Claims Real-World Test, U.S. preparing to sue Fiat Chrysler over excess diesel emissions
Volkswagen's Diesel Emissions Fix Lowers Fuel Economy, Claims Real-World Test
Volkswagen was probably hoping that the dust from dieselgate was beginning to settle, but a new test by a British magazine has suggested that the emissions fix is actually lowering people's fuel economy.
Volkswagen’s diesel engines are delivering worse fuel economy because of the dieselgate fix applied to them, suggests an Autocar test.
Autocar compared the economy results of a pre-dieselgate 1.6 TDI VW Touran MPV to its own new figures using a ‘fixed’ 2013 car, with both tests run to the True MPG standard of its sister title, What Car?, at Millbrook Proving Ground. The programme is meant to closely match average real-world driving patterns.
Volkswagen has insisted that the fix has no impact on the fuel economy of those engines that receive it, but the weekly magazine saw a drop of over 3mpg, from 50.72mpg to 47.61mpg. read more »
U.S. preparing to sue Fiat Chrysler over excess diesel emissions
The U.S. Justice Department plans to file a civil lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV over excess diesel emissions as early as this week if no agreement is reached with the Italian-American automaker, two sources briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in January accused FCA of illegally using undisclosed software to allow excess diesel emissions in about 104,000 cars and SUVs, the result of a probe that stemmed from regulators' investigation of rival Volkswagen AG. read more »
