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BMW X3 May be Emitting a Greater Amount of Poisonous Gases than VW

posted by martyb on Friday September 25 2015, @09:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the NOX-ious dept.

Shares of German auto maker BMW dropped sharply on Thursday after a German newspaper claimed its diesel engines were "significantly" exceeding regulatory limits.

Auto Bild - a publication owned by Axel Springer - said Thursday in an exclusive report that BMW engines were emitting nitrogen oxide levels that were 11 times more than the current limit set by the European Union. However, it later reported that there was no indication of tampering with the vehicles. Citing road tests by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), it said that a model of the BMW X3 was emitting more poisonous gases than the Volkswagen car that is currently at the center of the emissions scandal. "All measured data suggest that this is not a VW-specific issue," Peter Mock, the Europe Managing Director at the ICCT, told the publication.

See: CNBC.

[In trying to track down additional references for this story, I came upon: Kein Indiz für Manipulation bei BMW which, according to my very rusty German, suggests there was no manipulation on the part of BMW. German readers are invited to reply in the comments with translations and/or clarifications. - Ed.]

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Myrddin Wyllt on Friday September 25 2015, @12:57PM

    by Myrddin Wyllt (5849) on Friday September 25 2015, @12:57PM (#241461)

    go all electric, ... so that overall fossil fuel usage can be reduced by at least 80-90%

    Does this reduction take into account that 67% of US electricity [eia.gov] (and 75% of UK electricity [energy-uk.org.uk]) is currently produced from fossil fuels?

    I'm not saying that electric and hybrid cars aren't a good idea, just that their impact is significantly dulled without an overall change in the way electricity is generated.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Friday September 25 2015, @01:41PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Friday September 25 2015, @01:41PM (#241473)

    When transportation stops using fossil fuels in engines, all the oil refining byproducts are going to go through a big upheaval to find replacements.

    Besides, transportation is small potatoes - watch some Cowspiracy and find out why.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Friday September 25 2015, @05:54PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday September 25 2015, @05:54PM (#241580) Journal

    We power cars with 99.99999% fossil fuels right now. Reducing that to 67% would be a dramatic improvement (33%).