The NGT in March had ordered Volkswagen to pay a fine of Rs 500 crore for causing damage to the environment by programming its diesel engines with cheat devices. In a relief to German car manufacturer Volkswagen, the Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear its plea against National Green Tribunal’s …
The NGT in March had ordered Volkswagen to pay a fine of Rs 500 crore for causing damage to the environment by programming its diesel engines with cheat devices. In a relief to German car manufacturer Volkswagen, the Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear its plea against National Green Tribunal’s …
As air quality improves, the invisible chemistry happening in the air around us is changing. Skies should clear up as emissions drop, but recent results suggested that declining nitrogen oxides can create an environment where airborne carbon-containing compounds more easily convert into small particles that harm human health. Regulators can …
Volkswagen’s effort to get its fleet of cars certified according to the new WLTP emissions standard have cost the carmaker up to 3.6 billion euros ($4.04 billion) in 2018, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The estimate, which was first reported in Germany’s Der Spiegel, citing sources close …
Volkswagen says its cars compliant with norms, to challenge the NGT's order before Supreme Court The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday slapped a Rs 500-crore fine on German carmaker Volkswagen for presence of cheat devices in their diesel cars plying in India. The automobile giant has been asked to …
The Supreme Court on Monday said that the National Green Tribunal can examine automobile manufacturers other than Volkswagen also for flouting emission norms if it deemed fit to widen the judicial scrutiny. However, it refused to interfere with the NGT’s proceedings related to Volkswagen India over allegations that the German …
The Supreme Court on Monday said that the National Green Tribunal can examine automobile manufacturers other than Volkswagen also for flouting emission norms if it deemed fit to widen the judicial scrutiny. However, it refused to interfere with the NGT’s proceedings related to Volkswagen India over allegations that the German …
The National Green Tribunal Thursday slammed Volkswagen for not depositing Rs 100 crore, imposed on the German auto major for damaging the environment through use of 'cheat device' in its diesel cars, and directed it to submit the amount within 24 hours failing which its directors would be sent to …
Pune: The four-member committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is learnt to have recommended a fine of Rs 171 crore on German auto major Volkswagen (VW) for causing “health damage” through emissions in the Delhi region alone. The NGT has formed the expert committee on November 16 last …
The NGT panel was formed in the wake of the 2015 global emission scandal or ‘Dieselgate’ when the company was found guilty of intentionally programming its diesel engines with cheat devices to meet US regulatory standards but actually emit up to 40 times more Nitrous Oxides (NOx) in real-world conditions. …
Volkswagen had to recall hundreds of thousands of cars around the world since it admitted in September 2015 to installing illegal software in diesel engines. Germany's Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) is considering recalling more Volkswagen cars due to its emissions scandal, the Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday. …
The government of Germany’s Baden-Wuerttemberg state has lodged a damages claim worth millions of euros against the carmaker Volkswagen (VW). The complaint, which relates to 1,400 VW diesel vehicles bought by Baden-Wuerttemberg, was lodged at the end of 2018, a spokeswoman for the state Finance Ministry said Friday. VW currently …
NGT seeks report on its 2015 recall The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Volkswagen to file an affidavit on the status of proceedings against the company in other countries pertaining to the usage of “cheat devices” in vehicles to manipulate emission levels. A Bench, on Tuesday, directed the Ministry …
European Union consumers may do as much as regulators to propel the the region’s car sector into the electricity-powered age foreseen by Tesla Inc., according to the EU’s industrial-policy chief. European Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska said the EU has had a “breakthrough moment” since Germany-based Volkswagen AG admitted in 2015 that …
German carmakers have a moral obligation to refit heavily polluting diesel vehicles on the country’s roads, environment minister Svenja Schulze said, but conceded that the government had no legal means to make them do so. In an interview published in Die Welt newspaper on Monday, Schulze said refits could first …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has asked the Pune-based Automotive Research Association of India to explain the details about the tests carried out on diesel cars produced by German auto major Volkswagen. A bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice U D Salvi summoned ARAI Director Rashmi Urdhwareshe to appear …
The emissions difference has been similar for ten years but the amount of CO2 has fallen, it said, adding that one reason the carbon dioxide values were almost identical was because diesel cars were heavier and had higher power. New diesel cars do not produce less of the environmentally damaging …
New “real world” emissions tests fail to prevent high levels of pollution from diesel cars during rush hour, according to new data. Diesel vehicles are the main cause of the UK’s widespread levels of illegal air pollution, with the VW cheating scandal exposing the fact that virtually all diesel cars …
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) has decided to go ahead with production of an electric version of its classic Microbus camper van as it seeks to boost its electric vehicle credentials. The potential battery-powered revamp of the van, known as the Bulli in Germany, was first announced at the Detroit auto show in …
German vehicles manufacturer Volkswagen on Thursday submitted a roadmap to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on recallling its 3.23 lakh vehicles for violating India's emission norms. The automobile major is in the process to recall its vehicles fitted with a 'defeat device' meant to cheat on emission tests and roadmap …
BERLIN (Reuters) - German efforts to overcome a diesel scandal were dealt a blow on Tuesday after prosecutors widened a Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) probe and a key environmental group said steps proposed by automakers to cut pollution remained inadequate. Germany's car industry, which employs some 800,000 people and is the country's …
