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People gave up on diesel because VW cheated and made it look like the problem was solved. It wasn't. Otherwise VW wouldn't be going all in on EVs now.
So it seems we're trading a bit of CO2 emissions, which affects us in the future, for better air quality now (PM, NOx). Tradeoffs...
Also, many companies cheated , esp. on european and japanese fuel economy testing and got busted in the past few years.
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1106014_study-suggests-every-european-diesel-maker-cheated-on-eu-tests
Did they correct for the cheating that was presumably prevalent around 2010-2015? Since the 2017 number are presumably more realistic, would that change the conclusions of this report a little?
New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs
Vehicle fuel economy improvements have slowed globally, according to the latest report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI): Fuel Economy In Major Car Markets: Technology And Policy Drivers 2005-2017. Average new LDV fuel economy (liters gasoline equivalent per 100 km (Lge/100 km)...
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