Renault promises plan to bring down emissions from diesel vehicles

Renault announces it is working on technical plan to cut emissions from its cars, following raid on its facilities by French government's investigators

French carmaker Renault on Monday promised to come up with a "technical plan" over coming weeks to bring down harmful emissions of its vehicles.

On Thursday, a government-appointed commission said that Renault's diesel cars failed pollution tests and investigators raided its facilities, raising fears the French carmaker could be caught up in an emissions scandal similar to the one engulfing Volkswagen, which has admitted to using cheating software to fool tests.

France's environment minister, Segolene Royal, made the announcement after the commission submitted test results of French and foreign vehicles, which found carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions in Renault cars to be too high, as were those of several non-French manufacturers.

"We are working on a technical plan which should allow us to cut emissions," Renault sales director Thierry Koskas said during a presentation on the group's 2015 sales performance.

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