EPA Approves BMW X5 Diesel After Scouring It For Defeat Devices

The Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board approved the sale of the new 2016 BMW diesel X5 after government testing found no evidence of software to evade emissions standards, the government said Thursday.

In September, U.S. environmental regulators and Transport Canada announced they would review all current diesel passenger cars, trucks and SUVs for sale to ensure that they did not have "defeat devices."

EPA spokeswoman Laura Allen said Thursday that the agency - along with California and Canada - was doing additional testing before approving new diesel vehicles. "Our screening tests found no evidence of a defeat device in the 2016 BMW X5," she said.

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mre30 - 12/11/2015 5:27:49 PM

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The Ultimate Driving Machine!

Thanks to BMW for being honest to us consumers, unlike your lying competitor up the road in Wolfsburg. Once someone is caught in a lie, you wonder what else it is that they lied about also. What else did VW lie about? Should we start a thread?

MDarringer - 12/12/2015 12:34:06 PM

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We should.

TauronB2G - 12/13/2015 12:02:05 AM

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Darringer is an idiot...no thread necessary!
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