Sentences with phrase «banning diesel cars»

The diesel emissions scandal also fueled the ongoing debate about banning diesel cars in Germany.

International German court rules cities can ban diesel cars to tackle pollution, The Guardian Comcast challenges Murdoch and Disney with US$ 31 - billion offer for Sky, Reuters

As I understand it, the lawsuit was about forcing the cities to impose more drastic measures (e.g. ban diesel cars from cities) to stay within the «self imposed» nitrogen dioxide EU limits.

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LEIPZIG / FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb 27 - German cities can ban the most heavily polluting diesel cars from their streets, a court ruled on Tuesday, a move that could accelerate a shift away from the combustion engine and force manufacturers to pay to improve exhaust systems.

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.

FRANKFURT / BERLIN, Feb 19 - A court will decide on Thursday whether German cities can ban heavily polluting cars, potentially wiping hundreds of millions of euros off the value of diesel cars on the country's roads.

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.

China, France, Germany, Britain and others have all announced they will ban the sale of gasoline and diesel - fuelled cars.

After a week of big announcements related to Tesla's Semi-truck, the Chinese automotive industry's proposed ban on gas and diesel cars, and...

By 2050, the European Union hopes to ban all cars powered by gas and diesel.

There was a fair few ifs and wishes in the announcement but Sturgeon and her administration didn't duck some big issues such as scrapping the public sector pay cap, banning petrol and diesel cars and even looking into a universal basic income.

China, the world's biggest car market, plans to ban the production and sale of diesel and petrol cars and vans.

It points to the environment secretary's crackdown on sales of ivory, his plans to ban new petrol and diesel cars by 2040 and his interest in a deposit scheme for drinks bottles and cans.

France is set to ban the sale of any car that uses petrol or diesel fuel by 2040, in what the ecology minister called a «revolution».

The UK government's plan to ban the sale of diesel and petrol cars in two decades» time is no help for those affected by air pollution

JLR is among the automobile companies hit hard by the apex court order in December last year banning registration of diesel SUVs and cars above 2000 cc in the entire National Capital Region till March 31.

The Engine Most of the luxury car makers in India were hit by the diesel ban.

2016 turns out to be challenging for luxury cars in India with the diesel - ban and demonetisation.

Following France's announcement a few weeks ago that it was banning the sale of new gas - and diesel - powered cars starting in 2040, the internal - combustion engine took another smack today when the...

The automobile market in India has swung towards petrol engines over the past months, thanks to the diminishing difference in the prices of petrol and diesel and the ban on the registration of cars with large diesel engines in the National Capital Region.

Currently, the situation of big SUVs in India is quite grim, specially in the national capital region (Delhi NCR), where registration of cars having 2000cc + diesel engine are banned.

-- Jeep will finally enter the Indian market on 30th August — Jeep will initially launch the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee via the CBU route — Their SRT performance brand will make its way with the Grand Cherokee SRT with a price of Rs. 1.1 crores — The Grand Cherokee SRT will be the only Jeep car to be sold in Delhi due to the diesel ban — Jeep will commence operations with a dealership each in Delhi and Ahmedabad

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.

Mercedes - Benz has been trying to tackle the issue of the diesel car ban in Delhi and had mentioned that it plans to bring plug - in hybrid versions of its cars in India and the GLC 350e plug - in hybrid is a strong contender.

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.

China, the world's largest new - car market, will institute sales quotas for electric cars and plug - in hybrids in 2019, and some European countries are mulling outright bans on sales of new gasoline and diesel cars.

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.

But, if you don't want to be worried about diesel bans in the future and yet drive a car that's luxurious, powerful and fuel efficient, the A4 30 TFSI makes a lot of sense.

And in the light of the ban on diesel engine cars with a displacement of more than 2,000 cc, it's a rather smart move.

The recent ban on diesel cars above 2000cc in Delhi has affected Mahindra the most, but the manufacturer seems to be prepared for this scenario as it recently launched sub-2000cc engines for the Scorpio and the XUV500.

With the petrol engine option, the Japanese car maker will able to sell the Innova Crysta Petrol in Delhi, NCR and Kerala regions where the MPV was not launched due to diesel engine ban.

BANNING, CA - DECEMBER 8: Emissions - producing diesel trucks and cars pass non-polluting windmills along the 10 freeway on December 8, 2009 near Banning, CaliBANNING, CA - DECEMBER 8: Emissions - producing diesel trucks and cars pass non-polluting windmills along the 10 freeway on December 8, 2009 near Banning, CaliBanning, California.

A German court has ruled that cities in the country have the legal right to ban the use of diesel cars under certain conditions.

¶ Diesel car sales in the UK fell by over a third in March on the back of continuing talk of possible selective diesel car bans as well as fallout from the Volkswagen diesel emissions cheating scandal, figures from the UK's Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders say.

Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe / PA Ministers have been urged to bring forward their 2040 ban on new diesel and petrol car sales by a decade, a move which an environmental thinktank said would almost halve oil imports and largely close the gap in the UK's climate targets.

The planned ban on the sale of gas and diesel cars in 2040 also ignores the promise of advances in synthetic fuels, which may allow internal combustion engines to operate much cleaner in the future without significant changes in underlying technology.

Aside from largely ignoring the issue of electrification of trucks, which is happening far more slowly than passenger cars, Hulot's plans also appear to disregard second and third - order effects if the 2040 ban on gasoline and diesel - engined cars proceeds as planned.

Great Britain plans to ban the sale of new gasoline or diesel cars by 2040 and completely ban their operation by 2050.

In a highly anticipated decision, the German Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) in Leipzig has ruled that cities can ban highly polluting diesel cars if necessary to achieve NO2 emission limits.

Meanwhile, headline - grabbing proposals such as a ban on diesel cars and vans by 2025, a levy on disposable coffee cups, and a Zero Carbon Britain Act are precisely the kind of measures that prove popular before being shamelessly nicked by larcenous political rivals with the power to make them happen - yes, Prime Minister, we're looking at you.

Its constant stream of taxis and diesel - powered buses (cars are banned during the day) has made it an epicenter for London's air quality problems.

For the last few years, my particular position on cars has grown more extreme, from making SUVs and pickups safer to banning pickups and SUVs to banning diesels and then all internal combustion engines to finally, in exasperation, suggesting that we just flat out ban cars.

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.