Honda Ranked “Most Fuel-Efficient Full-Line Automaker in America”
6 Mar 2020, 16:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Honda couldn't help boasting its fuel efficiency in the latest report by the EPA, but Tesla is listed as the most efficient automaker in America
Study Claims Uber and Lyft Are Actually Producing More Pollution
2 Dec 2019, 16:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you thought you were going green by leaving your car at home and opting to get a private hire vehicle come pick you up, it's apparently not as simple as that
California Punishes Carmakers Who Support Trump, Will Not Buy Cars From Them
19 Nov 2019, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / California to ban purchase for official use of cars made by companies who have backed a federal decision to revoke the state's waiver on emissions standards
FCA To Pay $79 Million For Failing To Meet 2017 Fuel Economy Requirements
17 Oct 2019, 09:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / $79 million is the amount Fiat Chrysler Automobiles might have to pay for failing to meet the CAFE standards for the 2017 model year
Five More Cars Tested by Green NCAP, Results Show Fossil Fuel Don't Measure Up
11 Jul 2019, 12:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Nissan Leaf is the only of five cars tested by the Green NCAP to score the maximum five star rating, almost all the others scored three stars
WLTP Gets Stricter in September, Volkswagen Explains How
21 Jun 2019, 09:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / From this September, WLTP will include a rating for customer operation up to a mileage of 100,000 km (62,000 miles) and EVAP
Ford Faces Criminal Probe Over Emissions Testing, Ranger Potentially Affected
26 Apr 2019, 20:32 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you own a 2019 Ranger and you can't match your gas mileage to the EPA ratings, that's because Ford might have miscalculated a few things
What Is the Green NCAP?
6 Apr 2019, 10:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Green NCAP procedure meant to provide the most comprehensive independent information to consumers about as many vehicles as possible
FCA Recalls Nearly 900,000 Vehicles In the U.S. To Replace Catalytic Converters
13 Mar 2019, 20:17 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / FCA is in hot waters over emissions once again, recalling 862,520 vehicles in the United States ranging from the 2011 to 2016 model year
Clean Cars Under the Spotlight as Green NCAP Releases First Emissions Ratings
1 Mar 2019, 15:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Called Green NCAP, the new program is backed by European governments, and will evaluate cars in laboratories in 8 countries
Autobahn's No Speed Limit May Become History in Fight for Reduced Emissions
22 Jan 2019, 13:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It’s not yet clear how much of an impact enforcing speed limits as per National Platform on the Future of Mobility's wishes would have on emission levels
FCA US LLC Will Pay $800 Million Over EcoDiesel V6 Emissions Problem
11 Jan 2019, 16:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / $800 million will be gone from the coffers of FCA US LLC as settlements and other costs related to the EcoDiesel V6-engined cars from model year 2014 to 2016
Volkswagen Slams Use of Retrofit Hardware for Euro 5 Cars as Risky
7 Jan 2019, 10:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Volkswagen Group advises against carrying out a hardware retrofit on Euro 5 diesel cars that would make them Euro 6-compliant
Jaguar I-Pace Can Pollute More Than a Diesel BMW X5, Review Points Out
17 Nov 2018, 21:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Jaguar I-Pace is a much better green car than the first EV this guy ever drove, which was the i-MiEV, but it's not necessarily that clean
Mazda Admits No Wrongdoing in Emissions Tests
9 Aug 2018, 14:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mazda says it found no evidence of improper alteration or falsification of emissions test data conducted on its cars as part of an investigation.
Nissan Officially Admits Cheating in Emissions and Fuel Economy Tests
9 Jul 2018, 11:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nissan says it found evidence people at its Japan facilities have been dodging the official emissions and fuel tests and provided false numbers.
Audi CEO Rupert Stadler Removed from VW's Supervisory Board
19 Jun 2018, 12:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volkswagen announced on Tuesday its decision to remove Audi CEO Rupert Stadler from the supervisory board, Abraham Schot to replace him.
Cars Fail to Meet Consumption Numbers, But New Laws Could Be Bad for You
14 Jun 2018, 14:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Between dieselgate and the new regulations, it looks like the party is over for the European car market and even the consumers will suffer
WLTP and RDE Tests Explained
20 May 2018, 06:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure is a bench emissions testing procedure, while Real Driving Emissions is an on-the-road one.
Subaru Manipulated Fuel Economy and Emissions Data of 903 Vehicles
1 May 2018, 11:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Altering fuel economy and emissions data in the factory is bad, but in comparison to Mitusbishi and Volkswagen, Subaru did that to less than 1,000 vehicles