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Air pollution kills 10 million/year[1]. All the legacy carmakers + fossil fuel companies are responsible for this. Nearly all the big car manufactures have done
by thelastgallon 3y ago
Air pollution kills 10 million/year[1]. All the legacy carmakers + fossil fuel companies are responsible for this. Nearly all the big car manufactures have done this[2-6], and probably continue to do so, these small fines are not a deterrent, just cost of business.
1) Air Pollution Kills 10 Million People a Year. Why Do We Accept That as Normal?https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/opinion/environment/air-pollution-deaths-climate-change.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/opinion/environment/air-p...
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal
3) ICCT and ADAC showed the biggest deviations from Volvo, Renault, Jeep, Hyundai, Citroën and Fiat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_emissions_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_emissions_scandal
4) “Disguise, defeat and deny:” Toyota loses appeal and must pay $1.3bln for dodgy diesel filters:
https://thedriven.io/2023/03/28/disguise-defeat-and-deny-toyota-loses-appeal-and-must-pay-1-3bln-for-dodgy-diesel-filters/ https://thedriven.io/2023/03/28/disguise-defeat-and-deny-toy...
5) Mercedez-Benz faces over 300,000 UK claims over diesel emissions: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/mercedez-benz-faces-over-300000-uk-claims-over-diesel-emissions-2023-02-09/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/merced...
6) Daimler to Settle U.S. Emissions Charges for $2.2 Billion: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/business/daimler-emissions-settlement-us.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/business/daimler-emission...
- antisthenes 3y agoIf _everyone_ is doing it, maybe the regulators should ask themselves if the physics of a diesel ICE actually make it possible to comply with emission standards. I mean if we have 100% of brands implementing some deception strategy, then you either need to: 1. Admit you can't make diesel engines comply with standards and ban them outright. 2. Relax regulations to what's possible to create with best current tech and accept the cost of pollution on health. Doing this catch and release shit is just outright corruption and slaps on the wrist for their buddies at the cost of those millions of lives you mentioned.