German court strengthens diesel ban efforts in Stuttgart
A German court has strengthened efforts to ban older diesel cars in the city of Stuttgart. The city’s administrative court reportedly ordered the state government to rework a proposed air quality plan,...
View ArticleGreen light for Fiat Chrysler to sell diesel jeeps in US
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has won approval from US regulators to sell its 2017 diesel vehicles following allegations about cheating emissions tests. It received a certificate of conformity from...
View ArticleUK petrol price to rise after Hurricane Harvey
Drivers have been warned to expect a hike in the price of unleaded petrol caused by Hurricane Harvey in the US. According to the RAC, the price of a litre of petrol could rise by up to 4p per litre,...
View Article‘Pirates’ for the planet arrested after VW diesel protest
Two Greenpeace activists have been arrested after boarding a cargo ship in an attempt to block the transportation of Volkswagen’s (VW) diesel cars to the UK. Clean air campaigners in kayaks and boats...
View ArticleVolkswagen to take €2.5bn hit from emissions scandal
Volkswagen expects to take a €2.5 billion (£2.2bn) hit as a result of the diesel emissions scandal. The company has recalled around 11 million vehicles worldwide since admitting to cheating emissions...
View ArticleOxford to ban polluting cars in ‘world’s first’ zero emissions zone
Oxford has announced plans to ban all polluting vehicles in the city centre as it hopes to introduce the world’s first zero-emission zone. Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council proposes to...
View ArticleCar sales fall as tide turns against diesel
New car sales fell for the first time in six years in 2017, led by demand for diesel vehicles dropping by 17.1%. That’s according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), which says...
View ArticleDiesel sales ‘to be decimated this year’
Diesel car sales will fall by around a tenth through 2018. That’s the prediction from Aston University, which has said the worst is still to come following sales of the vehicles falling 17.1% last year...
View ArticleDiesel ‘will be dead in a decade’
Diesel cars will be obsolete within a decade. That’s according to the CEO of decentralised energy firm Energi Mine, who has called on the government to introduce a scrappage scheme with immediate...
View ArticleBMW, Daimler and Toyota rated greenest carmakers
BMW, Daimler and Toyota are the most environmentally-friendly car manufacturers. That’s according to non-profit group Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which ranked responses from 16 manufacturers on...
View ArticleShell opens new UK hydrogen refuelling station
Shell has opened the first car refuelling station in the UK with hydrogen under the same canopy as petrol and diesel pumps. It has been installed at the Beaconsfield service station on the M40,...
View ArticleJaguar Land Rover cuts 1,000 jobs
Jaguar Land Rover has announced it is to cut 1,000 contract jobs. The carmaker said it will not be renewing a number of positions at two of its factories, blaming “continuing headwinds” affecting the...
View ArticleNissan announces ‘hundreds’ of job losses in UK
Nissan is to cut ‘hundreds of jobs’ at its car plant in Sunderland. The carmaker builds its Qashqai and Juke models at the site in the north-east of England, where it employs 7,000 people. It suggest...
View ArticleEU ‘makes no improvements’ on emissions from new cars
Efforts to reduce carbon emissions from new cars sold in the EU “stalled” in 2017 compared to the year before. That’s according to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA),...
View ArticleFormer Volkswagen CEO charged over emissions cheating scandal
The former head of Volkswagen has been charged with conspiracy in the US in connection with the diesel emissions scandal. The US Department of Justice said the indictment alleges Martin Winterkorn, 70,...
View ArticleRolls-Royce on track for hybrid trains
Rolls-Royce has successfully tested a new hybrid train engine in Germany that could provide emission-free travel in urban areas and tunnels. Virtual reality simulations showed the hybrid technology...
View ArticleHamburg bans diesel cars on two of its roads
Hamburg has banned older diesel vehicles on two of its roads in a bid to reduce pollution. The move makes it the first German city to introduce such a ruling – the measure will come into force on the...
View Article‘Less than 0.01% of US school buses use alternative fuel sources’
Less than 0.01% of US school buses use alternative fuel sources such as electricity. That’s according to the Diesel Technology Forum, which has released new data showing 95% of all school buses in...
View ArticleWater firm United Utilities unveils 10-year green fleet plan
United Utilities has unveiled plans to switch its entire fleet of vehicles from using diesel to green fuels within a decade. The water company said it aims to reduce its annual diesel use from four...
View ArticleShell CEO backs UK’s 2040 petrol and diesel ban being brought forward
Shell’s CEO has backed calls for the UK to bring its 2040 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales forward. Ben van Beurden told the Guardian a closer date would help provide clarity and make it easier...
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