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18 Jan 2016

Author:
AFP

France: Renault to reduce emissions on diesel cars after failing pollution tests

"Renault promises plan to bring down emissions from diesel vehicles", 18 Jan 2016

French carmaker Renault…promised to come up with a “technical plan” over coming weeks to bring down harmful emissions of its vehicles. On Thursday, a government-appointed commission said that Renault’s diesel cars failed pollution tests and investigators raided its facilities, raising fears the French carmaker could be caught up in an emissions scandal…France’s environment minister, Segolene Royal, made the announcement after the commission submitted test results of French and foreign vehicles, which found carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions in Renault cars to be too high…“We are working on a technical plan which should allow us to cut emissions,” Renault sales director Thierry Koskas said…“In test conditions, we respect emissions norms,” he said. He gave no details of what the “technical plan” may entail…Renault stocks slumped by more than 20%…after unions reported that anti-fraud investigators had raided several of the company’s sites, possibly looking for emissions cheating software…[Also refers to Volkswagen.]