'Renault Espace over the NO limit'

#Dieselgate strikes again as Swiss university measures Renault Espace emissions at 25 times the Euro 6 limit.

#Dieselgate strikes again as Swiss university measures Renault Espace emissions at 25 times the Euro 6 limit.

Published Nov 24, 2015

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Berlin, Germany - Environmental lobby group DUH said on Tuesday that the nitrogen oxide emissions of a Renault 1.6 dCi Espace had been found to be as much as 25 times higher than the current Euro-6 limit, according to tests carried out by the University of Applied Sciences in Bern, Switzerland.

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#Dieselgate: VW has ‘90% solution’

DUH said excess emission levels for the Renault Espace diesel MPV were measured under new European testing cycles (NEFZ) in five separate tests with a warm engine.

Carmakers have come under increased scrutiny since Volkswagen admitted to cheating U.S. diesel emissions tests in September, sparking a scandal that affects 11 million VW Group diesel vehicles worldwide, forced out the company's chief executive and may inflict billions of euros of regulatory fines, damages and recall costs.

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