Carmakers fear that the German authorities will ban some types of vehicle to cut pollution CLEMENS BILAN/EPAGerman carmakers tried to salvage their reputation at a national diesel summit, pledging to cut noxious emissions by updating the engine software in more than five million cars, in a move that critics dismissed as a stop-gap. Intent on averting looming driving bans in many pollution-hit German cities, BMW, Daimler, Opel and VW said that they would cover the costs of altering the majority of engines built to the Euro 5 emissions standard as well as a proportion of Euro 6 engines. “The aim of this initiative is the average reduction in nitrogen oxide by 25 to 30 per cent in the upgraded vehicles,”the VDA, the car industry association, said after the meeting yesterday. “That is a major contribution to better air quality.” The five…

Source: The Times August 02, 2017 22:52 UTC