the Japanese market analysis of Europe is not to be mistaken – there is no future for cars with a diesel engine in the engine room.
Wednesday told the Honda, which is the third largest car manufacturer in Japan, out, that, from 2021 should be the end of selling diesel cars in Europe. Hence follow Honda on the heels of his compatriots from Toyota and Nissan, which in 2018 will also come to the conclusion, that it probably is best to shut down the sales of diesel cars in Europe.
– in the Future, all changes in our models to be without a diesel, ” says Dave Hodgetts, managing director of Honda’s british division, to Automotive News.
According to the bilmediet, the decision is a consequence of the declining sales of diesel cars.
more and More european cities are in these years on the road with a prohibition of diesel fuel, including Paris, Madrid and Athens. Particularly in Germany, is the resistance great, why do many German cities have begun to introduce low emission zones.
the First mainstream car that is being launched without a diesel, the Honda CR-V, which, according to the car manufacturer itself is the world’s best selling SUV. It comes in a hybridversion, which is expected to hit the market around march 2019.
Also the Honda models, the Civic and the HR-V is on the way in hybrid or pluginhybrid versions. In addition, the first fully electric car from Honda, which supposedly is right on the stairs. It is reported that it will be put into production next year.
In 2025, Honda has a goal that two-thirds of the cars that the manufacturer sells in Europe must be driven by an electric motor of one kind or another.
Honda is with an annual production of around five million vehicles the world’s seventh largest manufacturer of cars. A big part of the company’s vehicles are being produced in the UNITED states.
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