French Tells Eight Car Makers to Cut Emissions
April 28 2016 - 9:00PM
Dow Jones News
PARIS—French authorities have asked eight car manufacturers to
present plans to reduce emissions levels for vehicles that failed
tests carried out in the wake of the Volkswagen AG
emissions-cheating scandal.
French Environment Minister Sé golè ne Royal on Thursday said
some cars made by Renault SA, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, Daimler
AG's Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Nissan Motor
Co., General Motors Co.'s Opel and Ford Motor Co. failed some of
the tests ordered after the largest German car maker admitted
cheating diesel-emissions tests.
She also held out the prospect of halting sales of cars whose
manufacturers' proposals aren't adequate. "For new cars, regulators
will decide whether the proposed measures are sufficient or whether
it is justified to suspend sales," Ms. Royal said in a
statement.
A spokeswoman at Renault didn't return phone calls seeking
comments and spokespeople weren't immediately available at PSA
Peugeot Citroen.
In September, Volkswagen admitted to using a so-called defeat
device that could detect when a car was being tested and modify its
performance, to ensure the car's emissions remained within limits
during the testing period.
The tests carried out by French authorities didn't find any such
defeat device in the 52 cars tested.
As a result of the Volkswagen scandal, officials questioned
whether the emissions tests sufficiently reflected on-road driving
conditions. Ms. Royal then ordered tests to be carried out in
driving conditions. Those tests showed emissions levels are much
higher than official data revealed.
Last week, German car makers were forced to recall about 630,000
cars to fix emissions-management software after a series of tests
were carried out in that country.
Write to Inti Landauro at inti.landauro@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 28, 2016 20:45 ET (00:45 GMT)
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