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Germany Holds Emergency 'Diesel Summit' To Convince Cities Not To Ban Diesel Cars. Watch Samson And Delilah Online Metacritic. The German auto industry—and Germany at large—is desperately trying to convince local and national governments that diesel vehicles aren’t always dirty, and that they have a place in European cities. To do this, BMW, Daimler, VW and many politicians met in Berlin Wednesday to try to stop the bleeding that is Europe’s mistrust of Germany’s diesel vehicles.
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The auto industry accounts for 2. Europe’s richest and most powerful. But Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal has led to deep distrust of Germany’s automobile emissions. Countries like France and Great Britain are promising to ban gas and diesel cars entirely by 2. Even some cities in car- loving Germany (like Munich and Stuttgart) are considering banning oil- burners to keep down NOx emissions. With anti- combustion car fervor growing in Europe, Germany is naturally worried about slipping sales. The German federal government invited heads of car companies (like VW, Audi, Porsche, BMW, and Daimler), minister presidents of German states (like Bavaria, Baden- Württemberg, and Lower Saxony), and trade groups (like the Association of the Automotive Industry and the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers) to Berlin this week for what was called the “Diesel Summit” meeting, according to German news site Der Spiegel.
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At Germany’s capital, top officials from the car companies and government officials from across the nation discussed ways to improve air quality, and especially to improve national opinion of diesel automobiles. Among the outcomes of the summit were proposed software updates for over 5 million of Germany’s 1. Watch The Honeymoon Killers Download Full. German automakers would use these software tweaks to increase emissions controls effectiveness under a wider range of use cases, thus shrinking the so- called “thermal windows” companies have allegedly been exploiting to side- skirt emissions regulations.
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The update, according to German newspaper Bild, is expected reduce NOx output by approximately 2. It’s worth noting that Der Spiegel says NOx output could drop by 5. In addition, participants in the Diesel Summit promised that the update would yield no disadvantages in fuel economy or other performance metrics. Further discussion at the “Diesel Summit” included an initiative for governments and automakers to provide incentives for owners of older diesel vehicles to trade in their cars for newer, cleaner ones.
Der Spiegel reports that Ford has an “environmental bonus” of two thousand to eight thousand euro for those who trade in a pre- 2. Ford. BMW may also offer up to 2,0.
On top of the incentives and software updates, the summit also established a 5. Sustainable Mobility for the City” fund whose job it would be to modernize city buses and taxis in Germany’s 2. The fund will also be used to improve traffic flow via infrastructure investments like improved bike paths. Half of this fund would be paid into by state and local governments (i. The outcome of the Diesel Summit—the software update, trade- in incentives and city environmental fund—doesn’t seem to have been enough for many city officials.
Reutersquotes Munich mayor Dieter Reiter as saying: I fear that the promised software updates for newer cars and financial support for the owners of old cars will not be enough to protect the health of people in the cities. Stuttgart’s mayor Fritz Kuhn said that the deal struck between government officials and automotive execs “can only be a first step, more must still come.”Bloomberg’s source close to Barbara Hendricks, Germany’s Federal Minister for the Environment, says the politician is unhappy with Wednesday’s deal, in part, because she believes hardware changes—not just inexpensive software fixes—are necessary to bring smog in German cities down to acceptable levels.
So Germany is in a bind, because one of the most important products it sells is falling out of favor. At the same time, the country’s chancellor is struggling to balance public opinion (many people say she’s been too soft auto companies whose cars pollute excessively) with the needs of the German economy.
There’s an election coming up in a month and this whole diesel crisis may even affect the results.