Car News recent articles in category Diesel
-
Swedish cities and towns may ban old diesel cars
Sweden's cities and towns will soon be allowed by the Swedish Government to ban old diesel engines from town centres. This move by the Swedes in a long line of similar moves across the world is being implemented in an effort to improve the environment and combat air pollution. The centre-left Social Democrat-Green coalition Swedish government didn’t actually impose the...
-
Balearic Islands to BAN all tourists from entering with diesel and petrol cars
Balearic Islands to BAN all tourists from entering with diesel and petrol cars Balearics Islands to BAN all tourists from entering with diesel and petrol cars as government plans tough new stance against CO2 emissions The Spanish Balearics Islands of Majorca and Ibiza will ban tourists from entering with diesel vehicles from 2025 and from 2035 the ban will be...
-
VW Monkey Tests showed that an Old Ford Pick-Up is Cleaner than a New Beetle
News of experiments on monkeys and also 2013 tests on human volunteers in Germany has sparked outrage among German politicians and forced apologies from VW, BMW and Daimler. On investigation into the affair, VW’s chief lobbyist was suspended. Prof Hutter told Bild the monkey experiment was “unbelievable and would probably not have been allowed in Europe”. On Wednesday a VW...
-
Volkswagen Chief suggests that the German Government Should End Subsidies on Diesel Cars
Volkswagen CEO suggested this week that the German government should consider phasing out the subsidies that encourage Europeans to buy diesel cars, which is a dramatic change of position by VW considering it was largely responsible for diesel’s popularity in Europe. Matthias Müller, the chief executive of Volkswagen, said: “We should question the logic and purpose of diesel subsidies,”. He...
-
The UK car industry hits out at government as sales of diesel cars fall 30pc in one month
UK sales of diesel cars fall 30pc in one month UK diesel sales continue to fall at a dramatic rate. As a result of the continuing demise of diesel fuel cars, the car industry in the UK has launched a stinging attack on the “demonisation” of diesel by the British Government after sales of diesel vehicles plunged by almost one...
-
Scottish Government cracks down of diesel fuel
It looks like the end of the road for diesel cars as Scottish Government cracks down on air-polluting motors. Hundreds of thousands of drivers will be forced to avoid low emissions zones in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee from 2020. Dirty diesel and air-polluting petrol cars will no longer be allowed to go into city centres, towns and villages under...
-
Sadiq Khan signals an end to pure diesel bus procurement
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has unveiled London City’s first hydrogen-powered double-decker bus. Again, the controversial Mayor is restating his commitment to tackling the toxic fumes produced by public transport diesels in the capital. The new diesel policies being developed by the Mayor means that London will not add any new pure diesel double-decker buses to its fleet from...
-
Diesel critic makes U-turn and warns of risk to used diesel car prices
Diesel used car prices Prices of used diesel vehicles look set to plummet by all the broad-brush regulatory changes that are happening around the world. The broad-brush approach does not really discriminate between the most and least polluting engines, it has been claimed. The chief executive of the testing company Emissions Analytics and one Fof the harshest critics of diesel...
-
Fuel prices at their highest for eight months
According to research conducted by the AA, fuel prices have risen to their highest point in eight months. Petrol is up 2c at the pumps in the space of just one month. A fuel price survey by the the Automobile Association shows that a litre of petrol currently costs 136.9c on average, up 2c since October. A litre of diesel...
-
Even with the dirtiest electricity, electric cars are cleaner than diesel
Electric cars v Diesel cars Many commentators believe that the pollution produced from the entire cycle of power generation to fuel a car, rather than just the petrol or diesel to power it, battery-powered vehicles are not necessarily any cleaner than petrol or diesel-powered cars because of the dirty ways that electricity can be produced. Scientific American reported last year...