Car Emissions

Free Karai app could save motorists 25 percent on fuel

Designed to help drivers offset their carbon emissions, the Karai smartphone app can also give tips on driving more efficiently.

Can diesel engines CLEAN urban air?

A rather shocking report finds that, depending on the environment a diesel car is operating in, it can actually clean the air it’s driving through.

Brake dust as toxic as diesel fumes, warn scientists

New research has found particulate emissions from your car's braking system could be just as harmful as those from diesel engine exhausts.

How much have congestion zones improved air quality?

Carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide levels in the London Congestion Charge zone are down by nearly two thirds since the daily fee was introduced.

Electric car uptake ‘not enough in isolation’ to improve air quality

New figures on air quality (or the lack thereof) in urban environments have lead some to conclude that everyone driving electric cars won't be enough

Sales of SUVs ‘making a mockery’ of emission policies

The massive popularity of ‘energy-consuming’ SUVs means that the emission benefits of new electric cars are being outweighed.

California will no longer buy gasoline-only cars

The State of California will no longer buy vehicles solely powered by internal combustion, so says the California Department of General Services (DGS)

Porsche vindicated? 718 Boxster S scores top ‘A’ rating for NOx emissions

Controversial four-cylinder engine gains best-possible score in independent EQUA Index NOx tests

Volkswagen to buy back half a million dieselgate cars

480,000 US owners to receive buy-back offer as part of agreement in principal with US authorities

New EQUA ‘NCAP for NOx emissions’ test ranks real-world car pollution

Volkswagen Group the big winner of EQUA real world NOx emissions tests – who’d have thought it?