Vehicle emission

Paris witnesses around 500,000 cars travelling through the city every day. (Bloomberg)

Driving in Paris to be a lot tougher in 2024: Know why

1 min read . 20 Feb 2022

Carmakers are divided over Trump’s rule mandating fuel efficiency gains of roughly 1.5 per cent annually starting in 2021, a major reduction from the 5 per cent annual gains demanded by rules set during the Obama administration. (REUTERS)

Carmakers split in fight over Donald Trump’s fuel economy, emission rules

2 min read . 27 Jun 2020

File photo: Auto sales in China have plunged, deepening a painful downturn in the industry’s biggest global market and adding to economic pressure as the country fights a virus outbreak. (AP)

Coronavirus impact: China may ease electric car quotas, delay emission rules

2 min read . 01 Apr 2020

In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa new wheels often mean a used car from Japan or Europe which are affordable to the growing middle class, but environmental activists and others complain that the second-hand vehicles, unable to meet stringent pollution tests elsewhere, are simply being dumped in the world's poorest continent. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim) (AP)

Used cars keep Africans moving, but dumping concerns remain

5 min read . 02 Mar 2020

File Photo (AFP)

US ends antitrust probe of four automakers over California emissions

2 min read . 09 Feb 2020