U.S. Diesel standards were much stricter than Europe's for decades. I worked with Mercedes and they were troubled by the challenge.but they met it. Europe was more or less pulled along.
Paul via phone > On Dec 11, 2016, at 3:46 PM, Jostein <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually, Paul; > The standars for emissions have been phased in gradually, in "tiers". There's > been a strong push from the car mfgs, starting at least a decade ago, to make > authorities in both the EU, USA, Japan and others harmonise the timing of the > phase-in. > There's no more "banning" in the US than elsewhere, so sales drops are more > likely due to other factors such as customer preference or market-regulating > import tariffs. > > Jostein > > Den 11.12.2016 21.33, skrev Paul Stenquist: >> The U.S. Diesel particulate and NOx standards effectively banned them here. > > Mercedes , BMW and GM have been able to meet the standards with urea > > injection and filters, but the tuning was somewhat crippling. > > Volkswagen and Audi got around it by cheating. Diesels are all but >> deadfor cars in the U.S. still viable for light trucks. >> >> Paul via phone >> >>> On Dec 11, 2016, at 3:00 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> And in various European cities, there's a move to ban ALL diesel engined >>> devices from the city .. permanently. >>> >>> G >>> >>> >>>> On Dec 11, 2016, at 8:31 AM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> The trend here in India is for Diesel Cars as Diesel Fuel is 30% >>>> Cheaper than Petrol. >>>> And Trucks, Busses, Tractors, Trains. Generators etc were always Diesel. >>>> >>>> What a waste in transporting just one chap in one vehicle. Our roads >>>> are chock a block with >>>> traffic moving at snails pace during the Office Commute Hours. >>>> >>>> In Delhi, India's Capital, ODD & Even numbered cars ply on alternate >>>> days, such are the levels >>>> of pollution, smog & fog so as to disrupt Flights, Trains & Highway >>>> traffic. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
