El dieselgate has done a lot of damage to the trust of many customers because of the diesel mechanics for passenger cars. In addition, in markets where diesel was already frowned upon, this scandal ended up finishing it off. United States He was the one who discovered the "traps" of Volkswagen, and the practically null confidence that there was for these mechanics by consumers and administrations ended up vanishing completely.
BMW It has also been in the spotlight for a long time for this same issue and, although its diesel mechanics continue to be of vital importance for its sales in the European market, in the United States the demand is very low. So much so that, according to rumors, the Bavarian firm It will stop selling diesel engines in the United States after 2018.
As recently published by the media The Car Connection, a spokesman for the German company told them that the new BMW X5 would not reach the US market with diesel mechanics, also stating that the commitment to replace diesel engines goes through plug-in hybrid variants. In the case of the X5, said hybrid motorization would be the one recently presented BMW X5 xDrive45e iPerformance.
The non-marketing of a diesel X5 will be the first step to eliminate diesel mechanics across the big puddle. If the Bavarian brand begins by removing the diesel engines in such a large and heavy car, which will therefore spend and pollute a lot with a gasoline engine, the company's smaller vehicles will quickly follow suit as they leave developing new hybrids.
And it is that, as you know, the regulations in the United States penalize diesel engines much more than gasoline engines. Though in Europe gasoline vehicles are increasingly seen better and diesel vehicles worse, many of the BMW models are large and heavy, with a focus on long journeys, where it continues to compensate them to use diesel mechanics.
In any case, it seems matter of time that, even on this side of the Atlantic, diesel engines are also disappearing from this type of vehicle in favor of gasoline mechanics with the support of one or more electric motors. However, it is also worth remembering that current diesels are infinitely cleaner than a decade ago.
Source – The Car Connection