All posts tagged "diesel"

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  Puerto Rico fiscal board questions electric power bill drop

  Requires a revised budget, explanation of why it didn't require Energy Bureau approval

  • Posted October 4, 2018
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  EPA awards grant to University of Puerto Rico to replace, upgrade trucks

  Intended to reduce diesel emissions of transportation companies in San Juan Port

  • Posted February 22, 2018
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  VW and regulators agree on fix for cars in cheating scandal

  The program involves about 326,000 VW cars sold between 2009 and 2014.

  • Posted July 27, 2017
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  VW: Fix Gets OK for 460,000 more Cars with Cheating Software

  BERLIN – German automaker Volkswagen says it’s received approval from the country’s motor vehicle authority for technical fixes for another 460,000 cars equipped with software to help them cheat emissions tests. Volkswagen said in a statement Sunday...

  • Posted August 14, 2016
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  Volkswagen Settles Emissions-Cheating Cases for Up to $15.3B 

  Also settled with 44 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, agreeing to pay about $603 million

  • Posted June 28, 2016
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  Bad Week for German Automakers: Huge Costs, New Probe

  Mercedes, Opel Volkswagen and its subsidiaries Audi and Porsche

  • Posted April 22, 2016
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  FTC Sues VW Over False ‘Clean Diesel’ Advertising Claims

  WASHINGTON – A federal consumer watchdog sued Volkswagen on Tuesday, charging the company made false claims in commercials promoting its “Clean Diesel” vehicles as environmentally friendly. The German automaker hastily pulled the ads following last year’s admission...

  • Posted March 29, 2016
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  Volkswagen Gets a Month for Plan on Diesel Emissions Fix

  Expects to bring nearly 600,000 diesel cars into compliance

  • Posted March 24, 2016
• Quality Control Chief Leaves Scandal-hit Volkswagen

  FRANKFURT, Germany – Volkswagen says its quality control chief is leaving the company. Frank Tuch, 48, is being replaced as the company deals with a scandal over diesel vehicles equipped to cheat on emissions testing. He is...

  • Posted February 8, 2016
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• VW Submits Fix for 3.0-liter Diesels to California Officials

  LOS ANGELES – The Volkswagen Group has submitted a proposal for bringing Porsches, Audis and Volkswagen cars with 3.0-liter diesel engines up to California’s air quality standards after regulators found the vehicles turn on emissions controls on...

  • Posted February 3, 2016
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