emissions

For those uninformed, starting January 1st, 2013, any emission test (commonly referred to as an e-test) completed in Ontario switched from a more practical exhaust gas testing method to a more philosophical on-board diagnostic testing method. The results thus far have not been good for car owners ...

Volkswagen has spent another US$27 million of the US$4 billion it has earmarked to advance its plans for North American market growth. The money went toward a 64,000-square-foot development and emissions lab called the Test Center California in Oxnard, about 72 km (45 miles) north of Los ...

The problem when a bunch of bigwigs want to do something good for the environment is that they won't stop being bigwigs in order to do it. Getting a lot of VIPs together means a lot of private jets and limousines, and next thing you know, you've got a situation like the 2009 climate change ...

A new issue is facing Quebec motorists aside from the traditional crumbling and pot hole-ridden roads. The provinces government has introduced a new bill with hopes to try and improve the emissions ratings of vehicles in Quebec. Bill 48 was introduced at the national assembly and will call for ...

You've probably heard the line about modern engines being cleaner than most lawn equipment, but chances are you can't put a source with that little tidbit. Inside Line recently took it upon itself to put that piece of common wisdom to the test by enlisting the help of an emissions lab in a little ...

Autocar reports that the Land Rover Defender will be around a good bit longer than we thought. The vehicle may stay on dealer lots until at least 2017 thanks in part to a new 2.2-litre diesel engine that can meet more stringent EU6 emissions standards. Originally, a successor to the long-running ...

Increasingly stricter environmental dictates are making the rich man's camel pass though the eyes of smaller and smaller needles to get to regulatory heaven. The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is going to have to shrink somewhere in order to make it into the future, and it seems the company plan for that ...

Using portable emissions equipment, a wide sampling of cars and bikes from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s and with the help of Dr. Kent Johnson of UC Riverside, the Mythbusters team claims they proved motorcycles are dirtier than cars. Doing so meant gathering data in real-world driving conditions ...

By Aaron Richardson According to new reports, the European Union will announce plans to ban all fossil fuel-powered cars in Europe by 2050. The detailed plan will be outlined in the European Union's Roadmap on Transport, which will come out on Monday. By 2030, the EU plans to have reduced fossil ...

Here we go again. Dante should have made the question 'Do Supercars Make any Sense?' one of his levels of hell near Sisyphus, since so many people love to wail and moan and gnash their teeth on it in circular fashion. James May, a.k.a. Top Gear's Captain Slow, has taken up the query and come to ...