Posted on 05/23/2016 11:39:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Shares of Fiat Chrysler are down more than 4% in pre-market trading today as investors react to a possible emission scandal relating to the company's vehicles in Germany... in over the counter markets in the US following a report from a German Newspaper that the company could be banned from vehicles in the country if it is found disregarding strict emission standards.
German paper Bild said in a story on Saturday that multiple tests from the German motor transport authority KBA have shown that several Fiat Chrysler's models had exhaust treatment systems that were switching off automatically after running for around 22 minutes. As a standard these systems are required to run for 20 minutes, Bild noted.
In a separate report the same day, the newspaper added that Fiat could be slapped upon an entire sales ban -- a blow that analysts believe could be a big one for the America-Italian automaker, already lagging behind some of the more profitable globally competitive peers. Germany is the company's second largest European market after its home-market Italy...
Without making any specific reference to the report from Gild, a Fiat spokesperson talking to the Automotive News said, "all its [Fiat's] vehicles are compliant with existing emissions rules."
The matter first came to German authorities attention when an environmental lobbying group blamed Fiat's 500 X diesel crossovers had NOx emissions well beyond the legal limits. Backing its innocence strongly, Fiat rejected to hold a meeting with the German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt to further discuss the issue.
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They could prolly get gov’t off their ass if they did something big for transgenders.
The underlying source indicates that the vehicles are in compliance, so, I don't get it.
Maybe put swing-away steering columns for ease of entry and egress, and make them swing either way.
Volkswagen strikes back.
I'm sure the entire auto industry is doing the same stuff. I'm also sure that no American news outlet would have touched this story in fear of Government Motors, er, I mean the White House stepping in for punishment of the reporters.
I concur - baseline is quoted as 20 minutes for the process, the vehicles average 22 minutes. I don’t see the problem, just another attack on modern diesel technology.
You just KNEW that VW wasn’t going to be the only one, didn’t you?
Correct. If they are running about 22 minutes and the govt requires 20 minutes, sounds like they are meeting the govt requirements.
They will go after all of them one by one, and shake them ALL down.
Fix
It
Again
Tony
It was rumored that the Fiat 500’s exhaust smelled strongly of anchovies, and the occasional whiff of pepperoni.
That diesel exhaust fluid is expensive.
And, no, that isn’t a joke. It’s a real thing.
Depends on what you mean by "expensive"
And, no, that isnt a joke. Its a real thing.
I know it is.I've driving cars that require it since early 2009.
It certainly does appear as if Maoists in Europe and the US are trying to kill diesel.To be replaced,presumably,by huge rubber bands I guess,which would be a sight to behold in a locomotive or 18 wheeler.
since nobody brought it up, I will
Does upper cylinder lubricant clean carbon varnish from glow plugs?
does it do any good at all
lastly, why do people place a rag in the drivers side window when leaving a vehicle beside the road?
Dunno. And, dunno. :’)
I didn’t click the links, but the last entry “Bull of the Day...” wouldn’t be a strong buy recommendation a week before the bottom falls out would it? Apparently its time to sheer the sheep.
“I concur - baseline is quoted as 20 minutes for the process, the vehicles average 22 minutes. “
Er, it is NOT supposed to cut off.
Test runs twenty minutes so it is timed to run for the test only.
“The underlying source indicates that the vehicles are in compliance, so, I don’t get “
If it cuts off, it is NOT in compliance.
The analysis on F-C is decidedly mixed; sales are up strongly, the price of oil being lower helped pry out the pent-up demand, and the Jeep brand is one of the strongest there is.
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