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If a manufacturer is claiming high gas mileage, reasonable power and low emissions out of a small turbo diesel, chances are they're lying. You can only have tw
by fps 11y ago
If a manufacturer is claiming high gas mileage, reasonable power and low emissions out of a small turbo diesel, chances are they're lying. You can only have two of those three, and so if you buy a diesel car, you're at risk for having it fail inspections or at the very least lose it's resale value. I, personally, wouldn't buy a diesel at all until this whole thing sorts itself out. Ford, Toyota, Nissan and Honda make a variety of hybrid electric vehicles that get good mileage, have low emissions and put out reasonable amounts of power. Nissan makes the Leaf, which is a small, affordable electric vehicle with a useful range. GM is planning on releasing a new electric car called the Bolt later this year, although I'm unsure of it's european availability.
- TheCondor 11y agoOnce one of them started gaming the tests and nobody reported it, it's not unreasonable to assume others started doing it too. There are real costs to complying. VW has been kicking everybody's tail in diesel too, so I'd expect one of two things after they all had a chance to reverse engineer tdi, they'd buy VW motors for their cars or they'd do the same tricks. It will be interesting to see unfold, it could very well end diesel in consumer cars which would be unfortunate as I think there are real values to the diesel cycle.
- ricw 11y agoThat's a bit of an overly broad sweep against the car industry. Technically, those emission standards are achievable and many cars do achieve them without cheating or the like, including diesel cars. If you want to be sure to not be affected, buy either a petrol / gas or electric car. I'm pretty sure tesla will not be affected by this..