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Your Guide to AdBlue - What Is It, Who Needs It, and How to Refill It
Your Guide to AdBlue - What Is It, Who Needs It, and How to Refill It

22 Feb 2016, 17:09 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / AdBlue is a solution used by some diesel-engined vehicles to reduce their Nitrogen Oxide emissions. AdBlue needs regular refills for the engine to work properly

 
Volkswagen Customers In Korea Will Not Get Buyback Offer
Volkswagen Customers In Korea Will Not Get Buyback Offer

15 Jun 2016, 12:19 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen will not offer to buy back its dieselgate-affected vehicles sold in South Korea. The automaker will just fix them as part of a recall

 
Volkswagen Only Fixed 50,000 Dieselgate-Affected Cars In Europe
Volkswagen Only Fixed 50,000 Dieselgate-Affected Cars In Europe

1 Jun 2016, 15:36 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen's Dieselgate recall is going slower than expected, as the company has only fixed 50,000 vehicles affected by its cheating scheme. 8.5 Million pending

 
Fiat Reportedly Facing Sales Ban In Germany, Shares Slide
Fiat Reportedly Facing Sales Ban In Germany, Shares Slide

23 May 2016, 15:24 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Fiat shares dropped five percent on Milan stock exchange on Monday after Germany's Bild newspaper reported that the brand could face a sales ban in the country

 
Class Action Suit Against Daimler AG Started in USA over Diesel Emissions
Class Action Suit Against Daimler AG Started in USA over Diesel Emissions

19 May 2016, 11:52 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Daimler AG has a class action lawsuit filed against it in the USA. Some shareholders are taking the company to court because of statements regarding emissions

 
GM Accused of Exploiting Loophole on Emissions Testing in Europe
GM Accused of Exploiting Loophole on Emissions Testing in Europe

19 May 2016, 08:34 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Germany's Ministry of Transport accuses Opel of exploiting a loophole in the EU's emission regulations. The company says it's legal and there's no defeat device

 
Nissan Accused of Cheating in Emissions Tests in South Korea, Denies Wrongdoing
Nissan Accused of Cheating in Emissions Tests in South Korea, Denies Wrongdoing

16 May 2016, 11:46 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Nissan has been accused of foul play in emissions test held in South Korea. The authorities have fined the automaker, but Nissan claims no wrongdoing was done

 
Volkswagen Will Begin the Dieselgate Recall for Golf Models in Europe
Volkswagen Will Begin the Dieselgate Recall for Golf Models in Europe

28 Apr 2016, 15:49 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen starts recalling Golf models with the 2.0-liter TDI engine sold in Europe for emissions fix. This is the first Diesalgate-related recall action

 
Fiat Accused of Cheating Emissions Tests by German Newspaper
Fiat Accused of Cheating Emissions Tests by German Newspaper

25 Apr 2016, 15:58 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Fiat's diesel engines are reportedly under analysis by German authorities on suspicions of cheating in emission tests. However, no cheat device was installed

 
Volkswagen Inquiry Complicated Because of Codewords Used for Cheating
Volkswagen Inquiry Complicated Because of Codewords Used for Cheating

19 Apr 2016, 14:07 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Forget spy movies set in the Cold War, Volkswagen's Dieselgate saga has it better. Investigators are having a hard time with codewords VW used for cheating

 
VW Dealer Wants to Make Movie About Dieselgate, the Title Is Backfire
VW Dealer Wants to Make Movie About Dieselgate, the Title Is Backfire

11 Apr 2016, 11:28 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Steve Kalafer, a Volkswagen dealer and Oscar-nominated director, has announced the title of his latest project. It is a movie about Dieselgate, called Backfire

 
Mercedes-Benz Diesel Owners in US Start Class Action Lawsuit Against Carmaker
Mercedes-Benz Diesel Owners in US Start Class Action Lawsuit Against Carmaker

8 Apr 2016, 13:41 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A group of owners of Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles have sued the company on the suspicion that their engines feature defeat devices. They started a class action

 
Renault Is Enhancing Its Euro 6 Diesels for Lower CO2 and NOx Emissions
Renault Is Enhancing Its Euro 6 Diesels for Lower CO2 and NOx Emissions

7 Apr 2016, 12:07 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Renault has developed a technical solution to reduce the CO2 and NOx emissions of its Euro 6 diesels. They will retrofit them for free to any Euro 6 diesel car

 
Volkswagen Got an Extension on the Deadline for the Dieselgate Fix
Volkswagen Got an Extension on the Deadline for the Dieselgate Fix

25 Mar 2016, 10:39 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A US Judge extended the deadline for Volkswagen to present a fix for the Dieselgate-affected vehicles sold in the USA. They have until April 21, 2016

 
Diesel Engines Then and Now - How the Emission Reduction Devices Were Developed
Diesel Engines Then and Now - How the Emission Reduction Devices Were Developed

1 Mar 2016, 17:28 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Diesel engines have come a long way since they were first patented. Both in terms of performance and emissions. Let's see how they evolved

 
How to Make Your Diesel-Engined Car Sound Cool
How to Make Your Diesel-Engined Car Sound Cool

16 Feb 2016, 17:55 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Generally speaking, vehicles with Diesel engines don't sound as good as those with gasoline motors. But what can you do? Well, there is a solution

 
Volkswagen Is Being Sued by New Jersey, the State Wants Compensation for Owners
Volkswagen Is Being Sued by New Jersey, the State Wants Compensation for Owners

7 Feb 2016, 14:37 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / New Jersey has become the fourth US State to file a lawsuit against Volkwagen and its premium brands on the Dieselgate situation

 
New Mexico Sues Volkswagen on Dieselgate Issue
New Mexico Sues Volkswagen on Dieselgate Issue

26 Jan 2016, 10:44 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / New Mexico has become the first US state to sue the Volkswagen corporation over its emissions situation. The fines could reach over $20 billion

 
Cadillac Still Wants to Make Diesel Engines, Expect Them in 2020
Cadillac Still Wants to Make Diesel Engines, Expect Them in 2020

25 Jan 2016, 12:11 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Cadillac hasn't given up on diesel engines, as the company plans a global expansion by the end of this decade. The brand should release new diesels by 2020

 
Fiat Working On Turbo-Diesel V8
Fiat Working On Turbo-Diesel V8

27 Apr 2013, 08:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Italian giant Fiat is reportedly developing a turbocharged V8 diesel engine that will outgun the new 3.0-liter V6 mill fitted in the Maserati Ghibli, a luxury sedan which was unveiled at the 2013 Sh...