It's a very confused situation, Leroy.
On one hand you have this:
Nissan to phase out diesel cars in Europe
Japanese carmaker will cease to launch diesel passenger vehicles from 2021
and this:
Toyota will stop selling diesel cars in Europe this year
Commercial vehicles aren't included, but it's still a significant shift.
And, on the other hand:
Volkswagen Is Dreaming If It Thinks Diesel's Coming Back
That's the only conclusion to draw from comments by Volkswagen AG's boss on Monday that diesel cars would soon enjoy a "renaissance" as people rediscover the merits of a discredited technology.
Strangely enough, after calling diesel a "discredited technology" the article goes on to say:
Hardly sounds like "discredited technology" to me.He's right that some diesels on sale since 2015 (known as the Euro VI) emit few dangerous nitrogen oxide pollutants. Indeed, various independent tests show Volkswagen's latest models are among the cleanest. Diesel cars tend to pump out less planet-warming carbon dioxide than petrol vehicles, which was the whole point of selling millions of them in the first place.
There's no doubt that the use of internal combustion engines (of any fuel type) in our overcrowded city environments is going to have to have limits in the future.
But outside the city environment, it's difficult to see what the panic is all about.
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