VW
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Figures show diesel car-makers spent up to €18.5m lobbying in Brussels
Greenpeace has written to the government to ask if
ministers knew before this month that VW was fixing emissions tests, as the
green group publishes new data revealing the extent of the car lobby’s power in
Brussels.
The environmental group has written to Transport
Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and Environment Secretary Liz Truss, posing four
questions:
- Did the government know before this month about the
existence of so-called ‘defeat devices’?
- If it did, what did it do to combat
efforts by car manufacturers to fix emissions tests?
- If the government was aware of the
existence of ‘defeat devices’, did it discuss the issue with manufacturers of
diesel cars? If so, how many meetings took place, who attended and what was the
outcome?
Posted by Hugh Mouser — 4 July 2013 at 6:43pm
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Sign of the times, but car companies are dragging their heels over electric vehicles
I grew up on a diet of TV shows like Knight Rider and The A Team. I saw Ferrari and Mclaren produce faster cars as time went by. I admired how the car industry kept on trying to improve.
But it seems like some carmakers have lost the fun of innovation.
Posted by jamie — 5 March 2013 at 6:52pm
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Half a million Jedi can't be wrong
After nearly two years of campaigning by more than 526,000 of you
across the planet, VW has turned away from the Dark Side and committed
to make cleaner and more efficient cars.
That means VW will also meet strong EU CO2 reduction targets.
This
is big, because using less oil means less pollution, less impact on the
climate and less pressure on vulnerable places like the Arctic.
Posted by jamie — 5 March 2013 at 3:56pm
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After nearly 2 years and 520,683 people pressuring VW, they've finally agreed to make cleaner and more efficient cars. VW announced that it will meet new EU car efficiency targets for 2020. That means its entire fleet will average 95g/km (about 4 litres/100km) per vehicle by 2020. VW is Europe’s biggest car-maker, the seconde biggest in the world, so this is big news. Using less oil means less pollution, less impact on the climate and less pressure on vulnerable places like the Arctic. Here's how you made it happen...
Posted by Hugh Mouser — 11 January 2013 at 5:52pm
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How’s your New Year’s resolutions list going? We’re waiting to hear how Volkswagen has begun 2013.
This morning more than 25 Greenpeace activists protested against the carmaker’s stance on the climate outside the Vienna car show. Handing out leaflets and making the point that VW can do better, we were hoping that the company makes some strong commitments.
Posted by Hugh Mouser — 17 December 2012 at 3:04pm
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Activists from Greenpeace France hang a banner at the Paris Motorshow
The clock is ticking. From today we have a chance to influence the final EU law that could force car companies to produce greener cars.
Posted by Louise Edge — 28 November 2012 at 1:33pm
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VW is still pushing for weaker emissions laws in Europe
"Environmental protection is the top priority for
Volkswagen". So says the blurb for VW’s latest PR initiative. But
according to a story in yesterday’s Guardian newspaper it seems no one told their lobbyists…
The story reveals that the VDA, the lobby group that
represents VW along with fellow German carmakers BMW and Daimler, wants to
make a big hole in a proposed EU law to control CO2 emissions from even
bigger cars.
Posted by Hugh Mouser — 11 October 2012 at 6:02pm
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Activists from Greenpeace France hang a banner at the Paris Motorshow
Sometimes it seems like industry directly dictates the laws that politicians draw up. And it’s just been revealed that our old friends Volkswagen are leading the way against green EU legislation.
