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Nissan fined $4.4 million for faulty emissions diagnostic equipment

The California Air Resources Board has decided that $4.4 million is the right amount that Nissan needs to pay for selling vehicles that have compliant tailpipe emissions monitoring equipment installed. CARB says that more than 450,000 vehicles, from 2005-2007 model years, don't turn on the "check engine" light when emissions climb too high. CARB discovered the problems in 2007. The $4.4 million would be distributed this way: $3 million to the California Air Pollution Control Fund, $1.2 million to the Environmental Education Initiative, and ... Read more →

Biofriendly Corp. pays EPA $1.25m for Clean Air Act-violating fuel additive Sebastian Blanco

There are two ways to report today's news about the Biofriendly Corp. First, if you're the company, you put out a release saying that the EPA has "approved new product registrations for its Green Plus ...

Washington Auto Show videos: Car makers on senators, state regulators and CAFE Lascelles Linton

The big automakers showed a little teeth at this year's Washington Auto Show. The video above begins with Mark LaNeve of GM telling a story about a U.S. senator. The senator suggested to Mark that GM ...

Mercedes-Benz caught foul of Clean Air Act Dane Muldoon

Failing to notify the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about defects in the air pollution controls installed on numerous 1998 to 2006 Mercedes model vehicles has resulted in Mercedes-Benz USA ...

Nissan fined $4.4 million for faulty emissions diagnostic equipment 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The California Air Resources Board has decided that $4.4 million is the right amount that Nissan needs to pay for selling vehicles that have compliant tailpipe emissions monitoring equipment installed. CARB says that more than 450,000 vehicles, from 2005-2007 model years, don't turn on the ...

Biofriendly Corp. pays EPA $1.25m for Clean Air Act-violating fuel additive 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There are two ways to report today's news about the Biofriendly Corp. First, if you're the company, you put out a release saying that the EPA has "approved new product registrations for its Green Plus liquid combustion catalyst after an exhaustive two year review." Do not mention the amount of the ...

Washington Auto Show videos: Car makers on senators, state regulators and CAFE 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The big automakers showed a little teeth at this year's Washington Auto Show. The video above begins with Mark LaNeve of GM telling a story about a U.S. senator. The senator suggested to Mark that GM build at least one car that got over 30 MPG. Mark said GM builds 15 cars that gets over 30 MPG and ...

Mercedes-Benz caught foul of Clean Air Act 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Failing to notify the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about defects in the air pollution controls installed on numerous 1998 to 2006 Mercedes model vehicles has resulted in Mercedes-Benz USA and DaimlerChrysler AG having to pay $1.2 million in civil penalties. This was a violation of the ...


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