German carmakers reach emissions-cutting deal
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German carmakers have agreed with top politicians to cut harmful emissions by updating software in five million diesel vehicles.
Fresh engine management software will improve emission filtering systems and cut toxic nitrogen oxide levels by 25-30%, the industry association VDA said.
The industry is under pressure since a diesel emissions scandal exposed cheating to manipulate test readings.
The deal was struck at a summit with top politicians in Berlin.
It was approved in Berlin by Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen and Opel, VDA said in a statement (in German).
Car firms are a crucial part of the German economy, providing more than 800,000 jobs.
Pressure to cut emissions enlargened last week, when a court in Stuttgart upheld a proposal to ban older diesel cars from the city.
It is the home city of Mercedes and Porsche, and one of Germany’s pollution hotspots.
‘Stop-gap measure’
As the summit got under way, Greenpeace environmental activists unfurled a banner on the roof of the transport ministry telling “Welcome to Fort NOx [nitrogen oxide]”.
The VDA said the software updates would be free for motorists and would be just as effective, in cutting NOx levels, as any bans on diesel cars in cities.
The diesel cars targeted will be those in the EU’s Euro-5 category for car emissions (for fresh registrations from one January 2011) and some in the Euro-6 category (for fresh registrations from one September 2015).
Of the five million cars covered by the agreement, Two.Five million are Volkwagens.
BMW says the suggest will cover 225,000 of its cars in the Euro-5 category.
BMW will also give a discount of up to €2,000 (£1,792; $Two,373) to drivers who exchange an old Euro-4 category BMW when they buy a fresh diesel BMW, electrified BMW or Mini. Ford has made a similar suggest.
The VDA stressed that the software update would not reduce a car’s efficiency or durability.
Electrified future
Greg Archer of the lobby group Transport and Environment called the software upgrade a “welcome stop-gap measure” but said it was “not a long-term solution to the air pollution crisis”.
The Big black cock’s Jenny Hill in Berlin says air pollution now regularly exceeds legal boundaries in many German cities. It is a headache for the mighty automotive industry and for German politicians, ahead of a twenty four September general election.
But Germany is unlikely to commit to ending production of combustion-engine vehicles any time soon, our correspondent says.
France and the UK plan to ban sales of fossil-fuel vehicles from 2040.
But switching to a future of electrified vehicles will be hugely expensive – not least because of the need for charging points everywhere.
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German carmakers have agreed with top politicians to cut harmful emissions by updating software in five million diesel vehicles.
Fresh engine management software will improve emission filtering systems and cut toxic nitrogen oxide levels by 25-30%, the industry association VDA said.
The industry is under pressure since a diesel emissions scandal exposed cheating to manipulate test readings.
The deal was struck at a summit with top politicians in Berlin.
It was approved in Berlin by Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen and Opel, VDA said in a statement (in German).
Car firms are a crucial part of the German economy, providing more than 800,000 jobs.
Pressure to cut emissions enhanced last week, when a court in Stuttgart upheld a proposal to ban older diesel cars from the city.
It is the home city of Mercedes and Porsche, and one of Germany’s pollution hotspots.
‘Stop-gap measure’
As the summit got under way, Greenpeace environmental activists unfurled a banner on the roof of the transport ministry telling “Welcome to Fort NOx [nitrogen oxide]”.
The VDA said the software updates would be free for motorists and would be just as effective, in cutting NOx levels, as any bans on diesel cars in cities.
The diesel cars targeted will be those in the EU’s Euro-5 category for car emissions (for fresh registrations from one January 2011) and some in the Euro-6 category (for fresh registrations from one September 2015).
Of the five million cars covered by the agreement, Two.Five million are Volkwagens.
BMW says the suggest will cover 225,000 of its cars in the Euro-5 category.
BMW will also give a discount of up to €2,000 (£1,792; $Two,373) to drivers who exchange an old Euro-4 category BMW when they buy a fresh diesel BMW, electrified BMW or Mini. Ford has made a similar suggest.
The VDA stressed that the software update would not reduce a car’s efficiency or durability.
Electrical future
Greg Archer of the lobby group Transport and Environment called the software upgrade a “welcome stop-gap measure” but said it was “not a long-term solution to the air pollution crisis”.
The Big black cock’s Jenny Hill in Berlin says air pollution now regularly exceeds legal thresholds in many German cities. It is a headache for the mighty automotive industry and for German politicians, ahead of a twenty four September general election.
But Germany is unlikely to commit to ending production of combustion-engine vehicles any time soon, our correspondent says.
France and the UK plan to ban sales of fossil-fuel vehicles from 2040.
But switching to a future of electrical vehicles will be hugely expensive – not least because of the need for charging points everywhere.
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German carmakers have agreed with top politicians to cut harmful emissions by updating software in five million diesel vehicles.
Fresh engine management software will improve emission filtering systems and cut toxic nitrogen oxide levels by 25-30%, the industry association VDA said.
The industry is under pressure since a diesel emissions scandal exposed cheating to manipulate test readings.
The deal was struck at a summit with top politicians in Berlin.
It was approved in Berlin by Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen and Opel, VDA said in a statement (in German).
Car firms are a crucial part of the German economy, providing more than 800,000 jobs.
Pressure to cut emissions enlargened last week, when a court in Stuttgart upheld a proposal to ban older diesel cars from the city.
It is the home city of Mercedes and Porsche, and one of Germany’s pollution hotspots.
‘Stop-gap measure’
As the summit got under way, Greenpeace environmental activists unfurled a banner on the roof of the transport ministry telling “Welcome to Fort NOx [nitrogen oxide]”.
The VDA said the software updates would be free for motorists and would be just as effective, in cutting NOx levels, as any bans on diesel cars in cities.
The diesel cars targeted will be those in the EU’s Euro-5 category for car emissions (for fresh registrations from one January 2011) and some in the Euro-6 category (for fresh registrations from one September 2015).
Of the five million cars covered by the agreement, Two.Five million are Volkwagens.
BMW says the suggest will cover 225,000 of its cars in the Euro-5 category.
BMW will also give a discount of up to €2,000 (£1,792; $Two,373) to drivers who exchange an old Euro-4 category BMW when they buy a fresh diesel BMW, electrical BMW or Mini. Ford has made a similar suggest.
The VDA stressed that the software update would not reduce a car’s efficiency or durability.
Electrical future
Greg Archer of the lobby group Transport and Environment called the software upgrade a “welcome stop-gap measure” but said it was “not a long-term solution to the air pollution crisis”.
The Big black cock’s Jenny Hill in Berlin says air pollution now regularly exceeds legal boundaries in many German cities. It is a headache for the mighty automotive industry and for German politicians, ahead of a twenty four September general election.
But Germany is unlikely to commit to ending production of combustion-engine vehicles any time soon, our correspondent says.
France and the UK plan to ban sales of fossil-fuel vehicles from 2040.
But switching to a future of electrified vehicles will be hugely expensive – not least because of the need for charging points everywhere.
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German carmakers have agreed with top politicians to cut harmful emissions by updating software in five million diesel vehicles.
Fresh engine management software will improve emission filtering systems and cut toxic nitrogen oxide levels by 25-30%, the industry association VDA said.
The industry is under pressure since a diesel emissions scandal exposed cheating to manipulate test readings.
The deal was struck at a summit with top politicians in Berlin.
It was approved in Berlin by Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen and Opel, VDA said in a statement (in German).
Car firms are a crucial part of the German economy, providing more than 800,000 jobs.
Pressure to cut emissions enlargened last week, when a court in Stuttgart upheld a proposal to ban older diesel cars from the city.
It is the home city of Mercedes and Porsche, and one of Germany’s pollution hotspots.
‘Stop-gap measure’
As the summit got under way, Greenpeace environmental activists unfurled a banner on the roof of the transport ministry telling “Welcome to Fort NOx [nitrogen oxide]”.
The VDA said the software updates would be free for motorists and would be just as effective, in cutting NOx levels, as any bans on diesel cars in cities.
The diesel cars targeted will be those in the EU’s Euro-5 category for car emissions (for fresh registrations from one January 2011) and some in the Euro-6 category (for fresh registrations from one September 2015).
Of the five million cars covered by the agreement, Two.Five million are Volkwagens.
BMW says the suggest will cover 225,000 of its cars in the Euro-5 category.
BMW will also give a discount of up to €2,000 (£1,792; $Two,373) to drivers who exchange an old Euro-4 category BMW when they buy a fresh diesel BMW, electrified BMW or Mini. Ford has made a similar suggest.
The VDA stressed that the software update would not reduce a car’s efficiency or durability.
Electrical future
Greg Archer of the lobby group Transport and Environment called the software upgrade a “welcome stop-gap measure” but said it was “not a long-term solution to the air pollution crisis”.
The Big black cock’s Jenny Hill in Berlin says air pollution now regularly exceeds legal boundaries in many German cities. It is a headache for the mighty automotive industry and for German politicians, ahead of a twenty four September general election.
But Germany is unlikely to commit to ending production of combustion-engine vehicles any time soon, our correspondent says.
France and the UK plan to ban sales of fossil-fuel vehicles from 2040.
But switching to a future of electrical vehicles will be hugely expensive – not least because of the need for charging points everywhere.
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German carmakers have agreed with top politicians to cut harmful emissions by updating software in five million diesel vehicles.
Fresh engine management software will improve emission filtering systems and cut toxic nitrogen oxide levels by 25-30%, the industry association VDA said.
The industry is under pressure since a diesel emissions scandal exposed cheating to manipulate test readings.
The deal was struck at a summit with top politicians in Berlin.
It was approved in Berlin by Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen and Opel, VDA said in a statement (in German).
Car firms are a crucial part of the German economy, providing more than 800,000 jobs.
Pressure to cut emissions enhanced last week, when a court in Stuttgart upheld a proposal to ban older diesel cars from the city.
It is the home city of Mercedes and Porsche, and one of Germany’s pollution hotspots.
‘Stop-gap measure’
As the summit got under way, Greenpeace environmental activists unfurled a banner on the roof of the transport ministry telling “Welcome to Fort NOx [nitrogen oxide]”.
The VDA said the software updates would be free for motorists and would be just as effective, in cutting NOx levels, as any bans on diesel cars in cities.
The diesel cars targeted will be those in the EU’s Euro-5 category for car emissions (for fresh registrations from one January 2011) and some in the Euro-6 category (for fresh registrations from one September 2015).
Of the five million cars covered by the agreement, Two.Five million are Volkwagens.
BMW says the suggest will cover 225,000 of its cars in the Euro-5 category.
BMW will also give a discount of up to €2,000 (£1,792; $Two,373) to drivers who exchange an old Euro-4 category BMW when they buy a fresh diesel BMW, electrical BMW or Mini. Ford has made a similar suggest.
The VDA stressed that the software update would not reduce a car’s efficiency or durability.
Electrified future
Greg Archer of the lobby group Transport and Environment called the software upgrade a “welcome stop-gap measure” but said it was “not a long-term solution to the air pollution crisis”.
The Big black cock’s Jenny Hill in Berlin says air pollution now regularly exceeds legal boundaries in many German cities. It is a headache for the mighty automotive industry and for German politicians, ahead of a twenty four September general election.
But Germany is unlikely to commit to ending production of combustion-engine vehicles any time soon, our correspondent says.
France and the UK plan to ban sales of fossil-fuel vehicles from 2040.
But switching to a future of electrified vehicles will be hugely expensive – not least because of the need for charging points everywhere.
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German carmakers have agreed with top politicians to cut harmful emissions by updating software in five million diesel vehicles.
Fresh engine management software will improve emission filtering systems and cut toxic nitrogen oxide levels by 25-30%, the industry association VDA said.
The industry is under pressure since a diesel emissions scandal exposed cheating to manipulate test readings.
The deal was struck at a summit with top politicians in Berlin.
It was approved in Berlin by Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen and Opel, VDA said in a statement (in German).
Car firms are a crucial part of the German economy, providing more than 800,000 jobs.
Pressure to cut emissions enhanced last week, when a court in Stuttgart upheld a proposal to ban older diesel cars from the city.
It is the home city of Mercedes and Porsche, and one of Germany’s pollution hotspots.
‘Stop-gap measure’
As the summit got under way, Greenpeace environmental activists unfurled a banner on the roof of the transport ministry telling “Welcome to Fort NOx [nitrogen oxide]”.
The VDA said the software updates would be free for motorists and would be just as effective, in cutting NOx levels, as any bans on diesel cars in cities.
The diesel cars targeted will be those in the EU’s Euro-5 category for car emissions (for fresh registrations from one January 2011) and some in the Euro-6 category (for fresh registrations from one September 2015).
Of the five million cars covered by the agreement, Two.Five million are Volkwagens.
BMW says the suggest will cover 225,000 of its cars in the Euro-5 category.
BMW will also give a discount of up to €2,000 (£1,792; $Two,373) to drivers who exchange an old Euro-4 category BMW when they buy a fresh diesel BMW, electrical BMW or Mini. Ford has made a similar suggest.
The VDA stressed that the software update would not reduce a car’s efficiency or durability.
Electrical future
Greg Archer of the lobby group Transport and Environment called the software upgrade a “welcome stop-gap measure” but said it was “not a long-term solution to the air pollution crisis”.
The Big black cock’s Jenny Hill in Berlin says air pollution now regularly exceeds legal thresholds in many German cities. It is a headache for the mighty automotive industry and for German politicians, ahead of a twenty four September general election.
But Germany is unlikely to commit to ending production of combustion-engine vehicles any time soon, our correspondent says.
France and the UK plan to ban sales of fossil-fuel vehicles from 2040.
But switching to a future of electrical vehicles will be hugely expensive – not least because of the need for charging points everywhere.
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German carmakers have agreed with top politicians to cut harmful emissions by updating software in five million diesel vehicles.
Fresh engine management software will improve emission filtering systems and cut toxic nitrogen oxide levels by 25-30%, the industry association VDA said.
The industry is under pressure since a diesel emissions scandal exposed cheating to manipulate test readings.
The deal was struck at a summit with top politicians in Berlin.
It was approved in Berlin by Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen and Opel, VDA said in a statement (in German).
Car firms are a crucial part of the German economy, providing more than 800,000 jobs.
Pressure to cut emissions enlargened last week, when a court in Stuttgart upheld a proposal to ban older diesel cars from the city.
It is the home city of Mercedes and Porsche, and one of Germany’s pollution hotspots.
‘Stop-gap measure’
As the summit got under way, Greenpeace environmental activists unfurled a banner on the roof of the transport ministry telling “Welcome to Fort NOx [nitrogen oxide]”.
The VDA said the software updates would be free for motorists and would be just as effective, in cutting NOx levels, as any bans on diesel cars in cities.
The diesel cars targeted will be those in the EU’s Euro-5 category for car emissions (for fresh registrations from one January 2011) and some in the Euro-6 category (for fresh registrations from one September 2015).
Of the five million cars covered by the agreement, Two.Five million are Volkwagens.
BMW says the suggest will cover 225,000 of its cars in the Euro-5 category.
BMW will also give a discount of up to €2,000 (£1,792; $Two,373) to drivers who exchange an old Euro-4 category BMW when they buy a fresh diesel BMW, electrified BMW or Mini. Ford has made a similar suggest.
The VDA stressed that the software update would not reduce a car’s efficiency or durability.
Electrified future
Greg Archer of the lobby group Transport and Environment called the software upgrade a “welcome stop-gap measure” but said it was “not a long-term solution to the air pollution crisis”.
The Big black cock’s Jenny Hill in Berlin says air pollution now regularly exceeds legal boundaries in many German cities. It is a headache for the mighty automotive industry and for German politicians, ahead of a twenty four September general election.
But Germany is unlikely to commit to ending production of combustion-engine vehicles any time soon, our correspondent says.
France and the UK plan to ban sales of fossil-fuel vehicles from 2040.
But switching to a future of electrified vehicles will be hugely expensive – not least because of the need for charging points everywhere.
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