FCA Receives Certification for EcoDiesel

brulaz wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

Flashman wrote:
I always thought that the reason we don't have more diesels in the US is because of the difficulty of passing the EPA restrictions. Other countries seem to have more diesels as a percentage of cars on the road.

More a " hysteria " about Diesels in the US, that limits their uptake . Also Diesels are considerably dearer in the US than other countries

Some of that "hysteria" has migrated to Europe at least:
https://www.autoblog.com/2017/07/27/vw-to-offer-refit-4-million-diesel-cars/
And Mercedes is also offering to refit their diesels.

Thanks to those US scientists who caught VW in their lies and the US gov (including the current head of EPA) for prosecuting them.

EDIT: More Euro Diesel "hysteria"

It would seem that the " hysteria" has died down. Seeing over 40% in Europe as againstv 2% in the US, use diesels.FCA has somehow managed to escape prosecution although they were caught out by the EPA and a independent lab for cheating. How they " miraculously" became clean is of interest as FCA produces RAM Pickups a major component of the US vehicle production.
" Evil" VW the company behind the initial controversy has just been bumped from N1 Globally by the Renault Alliance although the positions between VW, Renault and Toyota fluctuate for N0.1 Toyota is No3. GM has fallen to No.4