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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...
- bastard_op 3y agoI was just thinking "wasn't Volkswagen vilified for this not long ago?" So basically all automakers with diesel do the needful and fake around results anyways. I guess these rules are merely up for interpretation loosely, and this is why the planet is dying.