Post by Wß on Oct 20, 2015 0:49:42 GMT
Interesting snippet here from Motorsport.com regarding the potential industry wide impact from the VW diesel issues, it's pretty dammed common and the automakers from Honda, to Mercedes to Fiat to Renault are going to be spending quite a few bucks to pass much tougher standards and testing.
VW get's to be the global whipping boy (deservedly so) here stateside they're the only Turbo Diesel game in town and they got caught but this rabbit hole gets deeper all the time.
VW get's to be the global whipping boy (deservedly so) here stateside they're the only Turbo Diesel game in town and they got caught but this rabbit hole gets deeper all the time.
Instead, the problem lies in the standards of the emissions tests conducted by the EU, and the difference between emissions in a test environment and in real-world driving.
According to a report in The Guardian, real-world testing of some Honda diesel models showed the cars "emitted six times the regulatory limit of NOx pollution", while at the end of September Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club (ADAC) found that three of Renault's diesel models were in the top ten of polluting vehicles.
ADAC compared the cars' results from the existing EU-standard New European Driving Cycle (NDEC) tests with results obtained from more in-depth Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedures (WLTC) tests expected to be adopted across the European Union in 2017.
According to ADAC, in the WLTC test Renault's Espace Energy dCi 160 emitted 11 times more NOx than it had in the NDEC test, the second-worst offender on a list of 30 tested models.
Mercedes C 220 BlueTEC was found to have double the NOx emissions under WLTC than had been found under NDEC, as did the Mercedes C 220 BlueTEC T-Modell, while the Mercedes GLA 200 d was found to be fractionally worse.
For Ferrari parent company Fiat-Chrysler, the biggest differences were found in the 4x4 ranges produced by the firm, with the Jeep Renegade 2.0 Multijet emitting 10 times more NOx in WLTC tests than found in NDEC testing, the third-worst difference on ADAC's list.
But Jeep is not the only affected FCA marque, with the Fiat 500X Multijet Start&Stop emitting seven times the NOx in WLTC tests than in the NDEC version.
The upside of VW's deliberate gaming of the emissions tests is that EU test standards have been launched onto the front pages, triggering a long-overdue discussion about the need to apply higher standards of testing given the negative environmental and health consequences of NOx emissions.
The European Union is expected to phase in real-world emissions testing in 2016, despite pushback from a number of member states whose automotive industries form a cornerstone of the national economy, and the first generation of diesels to hit the market after passing more challenging tests are anticipated in late 2017.
According to a report in The Guardian, real-world testing of some Honda diesel models showed the cars "emitted six times the regulatory limit of NOx pollution", while at the end of September Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club (ADAC) found that three of Renault's diesel models were in the top ten of polluting vehicles.
ADAC compared the cars' results from the existing EU-standard New European Driving Cycle (NDEC) tests with results obtained from more in-depth Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedures (WLTC) tests expected to be adopted across the European Union in 2017.
According to ADAC, in the WLTC test Renault's Espace Energy dCi 160 emitted 11 times more NOx than it had in the NDEC test, the second-worst offender on a list of 30 tested models.
Mercedes C 220 BlueTEC was found to have double the NOx emissions under WLTC than had been found under NDEC, as did the Mercedes C 220 BlueTEC T-Modell, while the Mercedes GLA 200 d was found to be fractionally worse.
For Ferrari parent company Fiat-Chrysler, the biggest differences were found in the 4x4 ranges produced by the firm, with the Jeep Renegade 2.0 Multijet emitting 10 times more NOx in WLTC tests than found in NDEC testing, the third-worst difference on ADAC's list.
But Jeep is not the only affected FCA marque, with the Fiat 500X Multijet Start&Stop emitting seven times the NOx in WLTC tests than in the NDEC version.
The upside of VW's deliberate gaming of the emissions tests is that EU test standards have been launched onto the front pages, triggering a long-overdue discussion about the need to apply higher standards of testing given the negative environmental and health consequences of NOx emissions.
The European Union is expected to phase in real-world emissions testing in 2016, despite pushback from a number of member states whose automotive industries form a cornerstone of the national economy, and the first generation of diesels to hit the market after passing more challenging tests are anticipated in late 2017.