But to have them by 2020 some will already be developed and the rest finalising development. The fact that they had in recent years increased their sales without them proves they hadn't needed them nor had there really been a market for them. Development programmes can take 4yrs so as pointed out if the i-Pace is launching this year, it will have been in development for a number of years already.
It's amount over distance. So even though diesels are more economical they still produce more Nox over the same distance. But in a similar fashion they produce less CO2 than an equivalent petrol.
Vauxhall have been struggling for years. Although they have some models that sell well, they haven't made a profit since 2009. Hence why GM were so desperate to offload them. Now owned by Peugeot, they are trying to save as much money as possible wherever they can. The fact that new car sales are currently declining is going to make it a lot harder for them.
And it was the government's love child.
You are wrong. It is Nox which causes respiratory problems. Particulates cause cancer. But on modern diesel engines particulates are reduced by the DPF and Nox emissions are reduced by EGR systems.
I bought mine because of the torque of the engine rather than some screaming turbo charged petrol engined thing with a narrow power band and tbh I fall into the category of "my small contribution by getting shot of my diesel wont matter a jot by comparison to Lorries, Jet Engines or Ships or the pollution the third word is creating"category. Mind I do have 2 other petrol engined vehicles, so not all my motoring is by diesel and as I live on a busy main road the emissions from everyone else's vehicles will probably kill me before I kill them.
Mine won at Aintree on SaturdayHow about horses?
