Home diesel
 

Keywords :   


Tag: diesel

Diesel/2-methylfuran blends show higher brake thermal efficiency, higher NOx than diesel

2016-02-22 11:56:16| Green Car Congress

Tags: show higher efficiency thermal

 

Hagens Berman: California Consumer Files Second Lawsuit Against Mercedes For BlueTEC Diesel Emissions

2016-02-22 00:59:49| pollutiononline News Articles

A California owner of a Mercedes BlueTEC diesel automobile recentlyfiled a second class-action lawsuit against Mercedes stating the automaker knowingly programmed its Clean Diesel vehicles to emit illegal, dangerous levels of nitrogen oxide (NOx) at levels up to 65 times higher than those permitted by the EPA when operating in temperatures below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, according to consumer-rights law firmHagens Berman

Tags: files california consumer mercedes

 
 

Diesel cars may be be worse than petrol for CO2 emissions, report claims

2016-02-19 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Diesel engines may be doing nothing to slow global warming despite being the backbone of Europes policy to reduce car emissions, a new report claims. Tailpipe emissions of sooty black carbon could be as much as 25-50% higher than the EU estimates for cars made before 2005, says the paper by Professor Erckard Helmers of Triers University. On this analysis, some 20m cars in use since the 1990s may each have produced 40-80g of CO2 equivalent per kilometre more than previously thought. However,...

Tags: report cars claims worse

 

Europe slow to act on diesel dangers

2016-02-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate News Network: In a sharp reminder of the dangers posed by diesel fuel, campaigners say Europe needs to act decisively to counter its dual dangers. Not only is it a serious health hazard, they argue, but it also worsens climate change. The group, Green Budget Europe (GBE), says that after including the global warming caused by black carbon or soot from diesel engines, cars that use the fuel do more harm to the climate than petrol-driven vehicles. Their conclusion, which contradicts industry claims, is...

Tags: act europe slow diesel

 

Volkswagen making progress as planned with emissions corrections for diesel engines in Germany

2016-02-19 10:56:02| Green Car Congress

Tags: in making germany progress

 

Sites : [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] next »