Re:German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate sca...
by lucianbr on Monday May 26, 2025 @12:46PM
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I could be wrong but I think BMW and Mercedes still make diesel engines. So maybe it's only impossible at a lower price point? Although the difference isn't that large.
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Re:German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate sca...
by Symbiote on Monday May 26, 2025 @01:02PM
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Using [1], BMW have 87 models, of which 13 can be electric, 13 plug-in hybrid, 47 petrol and just 6 diesel. The six are all SUVs.
Mercedes don't have an easy filter, but they do have some cars available with diesel engines, e.g. C-Class.
Diesel is now down to 9.5% of new cars sold in Europe (Q1 2025), less than full EVs ([2]).
[1] https://www.bmw.co.uk/en/all-models.html
[2] https://www.acea.auto/pc-registrations/new-car-registrations...
Re:German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate sca...
by lucianbr on Monday May 26, 2025 @02:55PM
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There are several 3 series diesel variants sold right now in my country, so maybe we need a bit more data gathering before drawing conclusions.
It does seem like diesel is trending lower, but it's not gone yet, regardless whether you think that is a good thing or not.
In any case, my point was this:
> it would be impossible to create diesel engines which would comply with enviromental standards
is false. Which it is.
Or multiple car manufacturers are still cheating, I guess we must consider the possibility.
Re:German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate sca...
by lhoff on Monday May 26, 2025 @01:02PM
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VW still builds and sells Diesel engines in its Cars.
For Volkswagen and Skoda the share of diesel cars was about 30% in Germany.
Source (only in German and behind paywall, sorry) https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/468422/umfrag...
Re:German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate sca...
by SoftTalker on Monday May 26, 2025 @01:10PM
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They do make them, but they don't sell them in the USA any more. Nobody does.
Re:German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate sca...
by FridayoLeary on Monday May 26, 2025 @12:58PM
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Even VW never stopped selling diesel cars, but they are certainly being phased out everywhere and it's not as popular as it once was.