A recent survey of Euro 5 cars has shown that they generate much more toxic emissions below 18C principally by defeating much of the engine pollution controls.. This is perfectly legal under current legislation. It's unfortunate that defeating the emission controls also may have the effect of...
Saw this mentioned on the TV news this morning - wondered how long it would take for it to rear its head again.
Patrick McLoughlin said hiking fuel duty or low-emission taxes “is something the Chancellor will need to look at” in order to reduce toxic levels of nitrogen oxide and prevent...
A while back there was thread on Thermotronic upgrading using all of the necessary parts. In the process of poking around my car I discovered two things.
- Heated hose prewire = which consists of an unused thermistor coupling connector at the wash bottle.
- Pollution sensor prewire =...
All very good, but they could also sue the drivers, and the oil companies, and themselves for not having the same level of taxes as the UK to deter consumption? :D
http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=222439