Auto Industry

NGT can expand scope of VW case to other carmakers: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday said that the National Green Tribunal can examine automobile manufacturers other than Volkswagen also for flouting emission norms if it deemed fit to widen the judicial

Publication Date:

22/01/2019

Source: Financial Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Supreme Court, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Auto Industry, Volkswagen, Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National Envirnmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)

Air Pollution

NGT can expand scope of VW case to other carmakers: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday said that the National Green Tribunal can examine automobile manufacturers other than Volkswagen also for flouting emission norms if it deemed fit to widen the judicial

Publication Date:

22/01/2019

Source: Financial Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

India, Supreme Court, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Volkswagen, Vehicular Pollution, Auto Industry, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi, Health Effects, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx)

Air Pollution

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding violation of environmental norms by Volkswagen, 21/01/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd. & Other Vs Satvinderjeet Singh Sodhi & Others dated 21/01/2019 regarding violation of environmental norms by Volkswagen. An order passed by NGT dated 16 November 2018 had ordered the automaker to deposit an amount of Rs. 100 crores with the CPCB within a month. On 17 January 2019, the Tribunal passed an order noting that the deposit in terms of its order dated 16 November 2018 has not been made. Volkswagen furnished an undertaking that a deposit would be made by next day which was done accordingly.

Judgement Date:

21/01/2019

Tags:

Auto Industry, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Supreme Court, India, Air Pollution, Vehicular Standards

Industry

German state government sues VW over diesel vehicles

The government of Germany’s Baden-Wuerttemberg state has lodged a damages claim worth millions of euros against the carmaker Volkswagen (VW).

Publication Date:

06/01/2019

Source: Ghana Business News

Tags:

Germany, Auto Industry, Volkswagen, Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Vehicles

Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by Volkswagen and Skoda auto industry, 16/11/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Saloni Ailawadi Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/11/2018 regarding pollution caused by Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd. and Skoda Auto India Private Limited.

Judgement Date:

16/11/2018

Tags:

Auto Industry, Vehicular Pollution, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Vehicular Standards, Diesel

Air Pollution

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on whether Bharat Stage IV compliant vehicles should be permitted to be sold in India after 31/03/2020

Judgement of the Supreme Court in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/10/2018 on whether Bharat Stage IV compliant vehicles should be permitted to be sold in India after 31.03.2020.

Judgement Date:

24/10/2018

Tags:

Bharat Stage IV, Vehicular Pollution, Supreme Court, Vehicular Standards, India, Auto Industry, Health Effects, Air Quality and Health

Air Pollution

German coalition parties spat over diesel car fines

Ministers from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives attacked on Thursday a proposal by the Social Democrats to fine carmakers who fail to offer diesel hardware retrofits, opening a new battle f

Publication Date:

12/10/2018

Source: Reuters

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Germany, Cars, Diesel, Auto Industry, European Union (EU)

Transport

Development of the car fleet in EU28+2 to achieve the Paris Agreement target to limit global warming to 1.5°C

New petrol and diesel car sales in Europe must be phased out before 2030 if the auto sector is to play its part in holding global warming to the Paris agreement’s 1.5C goal, a new analysis has found.

Publication Date:

20/09/2018

Author(s): Bent van den Adel, Ulrike Kugler, Stephan Schmid

Source: German Aerospace Centre

Tags:

Cars, Auto Industry, Europe, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change

Transport