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Muddywheels

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38170794

The diesel ban is hugely significant. Carmakers will look at this decision and know it's just a matter of time before other city mayors follow suit.

The history of vehicle manufacture shows that firms that do not keep up with environmental improvements will fail in a global market. The biggest shapers of automobile design are not carmakers, but rulemakers.

There is already a rush to improve electric and hydrogen cars and hybrids. That will now become a stampede.
 
Looks like they are kicking off about motorists. But what about the public transport busses that ar diesel and delivery vehicles. Without diesel how would the good get there?
So it is possible that Tey are only gong to target the private individual.
 
Well actually the Tokyo Diesel ban from 2000 was and is aimed specifically at buses and trucks. It is successfully forcing transport companies to switch to cleaner vehicles.
 
These should do well http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37871391

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Dusz said:
Looks like they are kicking off about motorists. But what about the public transport busses that ar diesel and delivery vehicles. Without diesel how would the good get there?
So it is possible that Tey are only gong to target the private individual.

We already have hydrogen fuel buses in London. :mrgreen:
 
More bad press for diesels http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38274792

A campaign led by medical professionals is calling for all diesel cars to be banned from London.

Doctors Against Diesel claim 9,400 Londoners a year die prematurely from breathing in toxic fumes from diesel engines.
 
Here in beautiful downtown Adelaide, we have many buses powered by natural gas, and one which is powered by electricity. (Called "Tindo" IIRC)

The electric bus's consumption of electricity is offset by the solar panels on the roof of its parking station.

I'm stunned that we don't have electric garbage trucks on the road yet, it's an ideal use-case.
 
Bristol had a bus running for a while powered by "Very Natural Gas"

Bio-Bus is the UK's first bus powered entirely by human faeces and food waste.
The bus, which entered service in south west England in 2014, is powered by biomethane. The gas is made from human sewage and food waste which is processed at a plant in Avonmouth which is run by GENeco a subsidiary of Wessex Water.[1][2][3] It has a Scania K270UB chassis and an Enviro300 body with 40 seats. A special registration was issued: YT13YUK.
The bus initially served a 15 miles (24 km) Bath Bus Company route between Bristol Airport and Bath.[2] The neighbouring city of Bristol was European Green Capital in 2015 and, in connection with this, the bus operated in Bristol on the First Bristol number 2 route.[4][5]
Similar buses have operated in Oslo.[6]
When compared with the diesel engines normally used to power buses, the Bio bus produces 20-30% less carbon dioxide, 80% fewer nitrogen oxides and is low in particulates.[6] One tank of the gas will power the bus for 300 kilometres (190 mi);[7] however this means that the bus has to make a significant journey to refuel, making it less economic to run.[
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio_bus

If applied to the PHEV it would bring a whole new meaning to the "P"
 
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