Albert Widmann with the car engine running. He had nearly died of carbon monoxide poisoning from the exhaust fumes. This engine exhaust testing inspired the development of gas vans. Back in Berlin, Reinhard Heydrich immediately set to work within the RSHA for the development of, in the words of Heydrich's subordinate Walter Rauff, a "more humane method of execution" than the "Einsatzgruppen" firing squads which had been used. When a prototype gas van was driven to KTI, Widmann explained to his young chemists that by adjusting the timing of the ignition, one could maximize the amount of poisonous carbon monoxide in the
Exhaust gas the European Union's man-made CO emissions, with passenger cars contributing about 12%. European emission standards limit the CO emissions of new passenger cars and light vehicles. The European Union average new car CO emissions figure dropped by 5.4% in the year to the first quarter of 2010, down to 145.6 g/km. Vehicle exhaust contains much water vapour. There has been research into ways that troops in deserts can recover drinkable water from their vehicles' exhaust gases. Emission standards focus on reducing pollutants contained in the exhaust gases from vehicles as well as from industrial flue gas stacks and other air