Former chief scientist blamed for encouraging the dash to diesel

Growing hostility towards the diesel-fuelled car prompted one paper to look at why diesels were promoted in the first place. Rik Thomas reports

Rik Thomas
13 April 2017
 

“It hasn't taken London drivers long to respond to the punitive new measures to curb diesel use,” the capital’s Evening Standard newspaper commented in an editorial on 5 April, quoting data that said the number of new diesel-powered vehicles registered in the capital had fallen by 9% in March 2017, year-on-year. “It is proof that charging polluters works.

“It would be helpful if the motor industry responded to the flight from diesel with generous replacement...

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