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Some Renault cars and other French manufacturers Fail Emissions test air quality.
A car dealer Renault Thursday in Strasbourg, France Renault shares plunged more than 20 percent before recovering some credit Vincent Kessler Reuters.
PARIS The French government announced on Thursday that tests on the exhaust emissions of nearly two dozen cars made by Renault and other automakers have found that several cars have violated standards of quality of the air of the country .
But the government announced tests still being had so far found no evidence of the technology for cheating on emission testing, with the exception of two Volkswagen models tested the government.
The French Environment Minister, Ségolène Royal, told reporters after the test results were released that Renault was one of the companies whose car emissions were found to exceed the permissible limits of carbon dioxide from an oxide of greenhouse gases and nitrogen, a health hazard earlier in the day, the price of Renault shares plunged on news that the government had recently searched the company's offices in Boulogne -Billancourt, near Paris, as part of the investigation.
The French Environment Minister, Ségolène Royal, discussing Renault emissions problems Thursday in Paris Credit Patrick Kovarik Agence France-Presse Getty Images.
Preliminary results, part of a review of the French government cars and their emissions after the revelations of the scandal-cheating Volkswagen emissions are the latest indication of the differences between the official air quality standards in Europe and on the road vehicle performance.
The French government provided few details Thursday from its findings to date, but said he would work with companies to try to put their cars in compliance with air quality standards.
Renault stock has plunged more than 20 percent after the publication of a newsletter by a union representing Renault workers who communicated the latest research of the government of the company's offices Some press reports then suggested that the company could face a similar scandal emissions to that which hit Volkswagen.
The shares recovered somewhat after Renault said that government investigators had so far found no fault, but they still finished down more than 10 percent in Paris trading.
Volkswagen has admitted that 11 million of its vehicles were equipped with software that was used to cheat on emissions tests is how the technology works and what it now means to vehicle owners.
The French Minister of Economy, Emmanuel Macron, speaking to reporters in the evening during a visit to Berlin, insisted that Renault was by no means a situation comparable to that of Volkswagen and expressed confidence in the French manufacturer, which is 15 percent owned by the French state.
The French Ministry of the Environment has studied various motor vehicle manufacturers in recent months, including Volkswagen's after information in September that 11 million Volkswagens with diesel engines have software that produces artificially low readings during emissions testing official.
The Volkswagen scandal drew attention to the differences between that diesel cars emit during official laboratory tests and how much they pollute in the daily conduct of European rules prohibit the so-called defeat devices to fool the testers' emissions, but automakers have wide leeway to set their cars perform well on the tests.
Efforts to strengthen the test procedures and test the cars on the road rather than in the laboratory have met with strong opposition in the European Parliament legislators in countries like Germany that have large industries in the automobile.
Renault headquarters near Paris was raided by government officials, the automaker said Bertrand Guay Credit Agence France-Presse Getty Images.
In a statement Thursday, the French Ministry of the Environment said tests had been carried out by UTAC, a private French company appointed by the Ministry to examine the emissions performance of French car manufacturers, on 22 vehicles 100 which provides the government to test the ministry said that the first series of tests revealed that only two vehicles made by Volkswagen, had defeat devices installed the statement does not specify the models.
The ministry said that several foreign manufacturers and a French company Ségolène Royal later identified as Renault exceeded emission standards for carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide.
The statement by the ministry said that Renault had already said he would exchange views with the members of the committee at its next meeting, referring to the commission appointed by the government reviews the tests Similarly, other manufacturers will guests, the ministry said.
Renault said it fully cooperated with the government investigation.
Fabienne Barbey, a spokesman for the company said Thursday that Renault had discussions with the Commission since last month on the difference between the results of laboratory and road tests on some of its vehicles and the means Renault plans to treat Ms. Barbey cited a company statement on December 17 announced plans to invest EUR 50 million, about 54 million towards an accelerated deployment of a new system of exhaust gas recirculation for its diesel vehicles that significantly reduce the gaps identified between the real world and test laboratory emission results of its cars.
The company plans to begin installing the improved exhaust treatment system in new cars from July.
Nicola Clark reported from Paris, and Jack Ewing in Frankfurt.
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