GM's Opel denies violating EU emission standards

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http://www.dw.com/en/gms-opel-denies-violating-eu-emission-standards/a-18802151

General Motors' subsidiary has vehemently denied a report by a German environmental lobby group claiming excessive emissions have been found in one of the carmaker's models. Opel called the claim "wrong and unfounded."

GM's Opel denies violating EU emission standards
23.10.2015

Opel insisted Friday it had by no means violated European environmental standards. The message came in response to researchers claiming to have found excessive nitric oxide emissions for the carmaker's Zafira model.

Germany's environmental lobby group DUH alleged earlier on Friday that emissions of the Zafira 1.6 CDTi multi-purpose vehicle had been found up to 17 times higher than the current Euro-6 limit would allow, citing tests conducted by the University of Applied Sciences in Bern, Switzerland.

Researchers there had said emission levels went up drastically, surpassing the usual range when increasing friction resistance in the laboratory tests by letting the cars run on four rolls instead of just two.

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In a letter to the DUH, Opel wrote the differences in emission levels were not replicable in its own tests.