09/04/2018
Taxpayers to help auto industry Government checks billion-dollar fund for diesel retrofitting
BMW
According to a report in the Federal Government, there are reflections on a billions fund with the participation of the automobile industry for the technical retrofitting of diesel vehicles. As the news magazine “Spiegel” (Freitag) reported, there are considerations to have at least part of the diesel fleet retrofitted with so-called SCR catalytic converters. To this end, the coalition is examining whether auto companies pay five billion euros in a fund. The government would send in money.
The Federal Ministry of Finance, however, significantly dampened expectations. There is agreement in the Federal Government that additional money “at first only for the priority measures defined in the coalition agreement should be planned,” a ministry spokesman said in the early evening in Berlin. He emphasized: “The program mentioned in the report does not belong to these priority measures and is not known in the Federal Ministry of Finance.”
Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU) told the German press agency: “We are not commenting on speculation before Meseberg, but working hard in Meseberg – with the aim of improving the air quality in our cities even better – our guiding principle is the coalition agreement.” The grand coalition meets this Tuesday and Wednesday in the guest house of the Federal Government in the castle Meseberg in Brandenburg for their first exam.
“We need the technical retrofitting of older diesel cars”
A spokesman for the Federal Ministry for the Environment emphasized: “We need the technical retrofitting of older diesel cars.” That is the only way to improve the air quality in the cities, and this is the only way to avoid driving bans and stop the depreciation of diesel.
According to the “Spiegel” report, a refurbishment campaign could initially concern the diesels, for which there are already retrofit sets. These are above all those models, which are also exported to the US and there have to comply with stricter emission limits. According to the report, the retrofitting is also not expected to be nationwide, but initially only in regions that are particularly at risk of driving bans: in Stuttgart, in the Rhine-Main area or in Munich.
In many cities, the air is more heavily polluted than allowed by the EU with nitrogen oxides, which in traffic-rich areas come to a large extent from diesel exhaust. The Federal Administrative Court had generally declared driving bans on diesel admissible, but this must be the last resort.
Car buyers leave diesel vehicles more often left – too many seems in the face of the exhaust scandal, the risk of driving bans in large cities. In the process, a new generation of auto-igniters is finally filtering out nitrogen oxides effectively from the exhaust gases. We show the first cars with this standard Euro 6d-temp, which are allowed to emit 168 milligrams of NOX per kilometer in real traffic.
A7 Sportback 50 TDI
Market launch: February 2018
The A7 is the first 6d diesel from the group, which triggered the scandal in the US 2015.
Source: ADAC
BMW 216d / 218d / 220d Active Tourer
Market launch: March 2018
BMW also had problems with nitrogen oxide emissions under real driving conditions.
BMW X1 sDrive18d / xDrive18d / xDrive20d
Market launch: March 2018
A double exhaust gas purification from storage catalytic converter and SCR catalytic converter with AdBlue should have solved the problems.
BMW X2 sDrive18d / X2 xDrive18d / X2 xDrive20d
Market launch: March 2018
For a long time, BMW was considered clean, but the picture has recently got more cracks – also because of a raid on the car manufacturer.
DS 7 Crossback BlueHDi 130/180
Market launch: February 2018
The luxury car comes from the PSA Group. This was confirmed by environmentalists the low pollutant emissions of several models.
Ford Ka + 1.5 TDCi / Ka + Active 1.5 TDCi
Market launch: March 2018
Also Ford wants to show with a new diesel, that now goes, what was supposedly impossible for a long time: A proper exhaust gas purification.
Civic 1.6 i-DTEC
Market launch: March 2018
Practically all manufacturers – whether from Asia, Europe or the USA – had to supplement their vehicles with exhaust gas purification technology.
Mini Clubman One D / Cooper D / Cooper SD
Market launch: March 2018
Mini also responded to the fact that normal Euro-6 diesel in reality usually emitted much more nitrogen oxides than allowed on the test bench.
Countryman One D / Cooper D / Cooper SD
Market launch: March 2018
According to the Federal Environment Agency they came on the road on average 507 milligrams NOX per kilometer. New Euro6d temp diesel come only on a fraction.
Mercedes A 180 d
Market launch: May 2018
Mercedes responded very early – and even a praise from the archenemy, the German environmental aid, caught up.
Mercedes E 300 d / T model
Market launch: February 2018
Some environmentalists ask, however, why it is now possible, what is considered impossible for a long time.
Mercedes CLS 350 d Coupe / 400 d Coupe
Market launch: May 2018
Only the pressure from the public had sensitized the car manufacturers and suppliers.
Opel Mocha X 1.6 Diesel
Market launch: March 2018
Even in smaller models, there is suddenly room for better catalysts.
Opel Grandland X 2.0 Diesel StartStop
Market launch: November 2017
The question is whether the customers regain confidence in the diesel.
Peugeot 308 1.5 BlueHDi 100/130 / 2.0 BlueHDi 180 / SW
Market launch: October 2017 / March 2018
“The measurements show excellent results for nitrogen oxides and the number of fine dust particles,” the environmental lobby group Transport and Environment said about Peugeot models.
Peugeot 508 BlueHDi 180
Market launch: October 2018
Peugeot had previously measured and communicated the realistic consumption of its cars with environmental organizations.
Peugeot 5008 1.5 BlueHDi 130/180
Market launch: November 2017 However, PSA had spent time communicating exhaust emissions – apparently the engines had to be optimized for the measurement under realistic conditions.
Volvo V40 D2 / D3 / Cross Country D2 / D3
Market launch: March 2018
The Swedes have courageously announced that they will soon say goodbye to the internal combustion engine.
Volvo V60 D3 / D4
Market launch: July 2018
First, however, they bring even better diesel on the market, which emit less exhaust.
Volvo XC40 D3 / D4
Market launch: February 2018
In the medium term, however, conventional diesel cars are likely to have problems with the CO2 limits.
Volvo XC 60 D3 / D4 / D5
Market launch: November 2017 / February 2018
These do not apply to individual cars, but entire fleets.
Volvo S90 D3 / D4 / D5
Market launch: March 2017
Therefore, driving bans are unrealistic due to high CO2 emissions – especially since the greenhouse gas is not directly harmful to health.
Volvo XC90 D5
Market launch: November 2017
Hybrid and electric cars will therefore continue to play an increasing role – even if manufacturers have extended the lifetime of diesel with the new emission standard.
According to experts, drivers of cars with the new Euro 6d-temp emission standard are safe from driving restrictions until further notice. In the first tests, some models even performed far better than the limits allow. Extensive results are expected in the coming weeks.
The federal government wants to avoid driving bans. The focus of the debate is hardware retrofitting older diesel vehicles, so conversions directly to the engine and exhaust system. So far, the manufacturers only want to reduce the pollutants with software updates. Many experts doubt that that will suffice. The auto industry rejects hardware retrofits as too expensive and expensive. Above all, the installation of SCR catalysts reduces the pollutant emissions of diesel cars massively.
“The industry has to decide: either drives the diesel in driving bans completely against the wall, or he has as a bridge technology still a chance,” said SPD parliamentary vice Sören Bartol. “Software updates alone are not enough – the technical retrofitting of Euro 5 and Euro 6 diesel vehicles has to come, and of course the costs must not be left to motorists and motorists.”
The Federal Government had launched a billion-dollar program for clean air in municipalities. These include, for example, conversions of buses and taxis or better timing of public transport. The auto industry had participated in the program with 250 million euros. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) had announced that the funds should be “auctioned”. In the coalition agreement, the Union and the SPD also agreed to step up efforts to improve air quality, especially in particularly polluted inner cities, with countries and local communities.
Environment Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD) had called on carmakers to step up their efforts to improve air quality in cities. She told the German Press Agency that she wanted to keep the pressure on the manufacturers so that there would be technical retrofits and the cars would be noticeably cleaner
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