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0D'oh! Electric car gets parking ticket while using public charger 1301510940
Meter maids in the UK have come under fire after ticketing an electric car while it was juicing up at a public charger in Conventry. A parking warden spotted an electric Tata that overstayed the three-hour time limit and ticketed the vehicle on the spot. A passerby – actually, a city ...
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Nissan fined $4.4 million for faulty emissions diagnostic equipment 1239988860
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 1225809660
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 ...
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Washington Auto Show videos: Car makers on senators, state regulators and CAFE 1201303860
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 ...
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Mercedes-Benz caught foul of Clean Air Act 1167314460
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 ...
