diesel cars

Over this period, petrol engines have seen a 40% decline, while diesel car sales have dropped by almost 60%

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Over the same period, demand for diesel and petrol cars plummeted by 32.6% and 32.2% respectively

BEVs have increased their share of the car market almost 30-fold from 0.9% in April 2019 to 31.9% in April this year

There were 110,000 fewer diesel cars licensed in 2019 compared to the previous year, according to governmental data

The new goal is five years earlier than previously planned and will include hybrid vehicles for the first time

The government also intends to stop granting National Car Tests for petrol and diesel vehicles from 2045

Under the plan, all privately-owned diesel vehicles will be banned from entering it every day between 7am and 3pm by March 2021

They are urging the government to bring forward the target from 2040

The German Guarantee will apply to the purchase of a new or a year-old car with a diesel engine from a Volkswagen dealership from 1st April throughout 2018