Sentences with phrase «ban diesel vehicles»

Given that Paris, Athens, Mexico City and Madrid are pledging to ban all diesel vehicles by 2025 at the latest, the news has been pretty good for those of us who would like to see healthier air and a reduction in emissions.

The rising levels of air pollution in the national capital forced the government to ban diesel vehicles, throwing automakers and the auto market into chaos.

It's probably worth noting that diesels may well become significantly more expensive to run in future as governments clamp down on the pollution they produce - and some plan to ban diesel vehicles entirely in cities.

Not exact matches

LEIPZIG, Germany, Feb 27 - A top German court ruled on Tuesday in favor of allowing major cities to ban the most heavily polluting diesel cars, a move set to hit the value of 12 million vehicles in Europe's largest car market and probably force carmakers to pay for costly modifications.

LEIPZIG, Germany, Feb 27 - German cities can ban the most heavily polluting diesel cars from their streets, a court ruled on Tuesday, a move likely to be mirrored in other parts of Europe and to force automakers to pay to improve exhaust systems or switch to cleaner vehicles.

LEIPZIG, Germany, Feb 22 - A German court on Thursday delayed a ruling on whether major cities can ban heavily polluting diesel cars, which could hit the resale value of 15 million vehicles in Europe's largest car market and force automakers to pay for costly modifications.

Despite her criticism of car makers, Merkel rejected a blanket ban on diesel autos, saying that a gasoline - powered vehicle actually emitted more CO2 than a diesel one.

It's not just automakers — major European countries will ban diesel engines (or in extreme cases, all internal - combustion engines) in the coming decades, with Korea itself restricting the sale of diesel vehicles by 2030.

France wants to ban all gas and diesel vehicles by 2040 according to recent reports.

Across the Atlantic, the U.K. has already announced that it will ban the sale of vehicles with gasoline or diesel engines by 2040 (including hybrid and plug - in hybrid vehicles, as well), which mirrors a plan also proposed in France.

With the ban on diesel vehicles with engine capacity of more than 2.0 - litres, Mercedes - Benz was unable to sell even a single diesel model in NCR.

Mercedes - Benz is shifting gears and has recently proposed a switch to bio-diesel in India after a Supreme Court ruling in December of 2015 banned registration of diesel SUV's and high end vehicles with engines larger than 2 liters.

When asked if JLR planned to accelerate the launch of petrol variants of its different models, including the popular Range Rover Evoque, he said: «We are adapting our portfolio, not just because of the ban (on big diesel cars and SUVs) but also due to the increasing preference for petrol vehicles.

NEW DELHI: Tata Motors - owned JLR has admitted that the changing business environment in India, owing to the limited ban on diesel vehicles, has affected its business as it now looks to introduce more petrol variants of its cars.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) India, which on Monday launched the 2 litre petrol derivative of Land Rover Discovery Sport at a starting price of Rs 56.50 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), said the ban on select diesel vehicles has affected its business plans but it will adapt to meet the legal requirements.

Sales of diesel vehicles have been on a sharp decline for the past year due in part to rising taxes and possible bans looming.

The niche market, which is only 1 per cent of total passenger car market, was bumping from one regulatory or taxation hiccup or another since the past two years such as the Supreme Court ban on high end diesel vehicle sale in Delhi - NCR, note - ban and the short - lived GST boost.

The company welcomed the Supreme Court's decision on lifting the ban on registration of diesel vehicles over 2000cc in NCR Delhi.

The Land Rover Evoque joins the long list of petrol powered SUVs that were launched last year following the diesel ban in the NCR area that restricted the registration of any diesel vehicle that has an engine capacity of over 2000cc.

This apparent reversal comes as Germany's highest federal administrative court approved the ban of older diesel vehicles in the cities of cities of Duesseldorf and Stuttgart - the latter being home to Porsche.

Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, wants to make the city more «pedestrianized» and more bike - friendly, and has been fighting the smog caused by diesel vehicles, aiming to ban them by 2020.

A small environmental organization has taken on Germany's powerful auto industry in court and has begun winning limited bans on heavily polluting diesel vehicles.

Following on the flashy roll - out of new electric vehicles at the Paris Motor Show last week, one of Germany's two legislative chambers called for the EU to ban the sale of new gas and diesel autos by 2030.

In 2003, Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures decided to ban the operation of polluting, older diesel - powered vehicles, if their particulate emissions exceeded tight limits.

Swiss investment bank UBS expects diesel cars to almost disappear within the next ten years, and many world cities are talking about an outright ban on diesel vehicles of all kinds.

The ban of petrol and diesel vehicles in France could be happening by 2040.

The ban on registration of large vehicles with diesel engines in Delhi - NCR region might also affect the insurance premiums.

The ban of petrol and diesel vehicles in France could be happening by 2040.