The growing costs and confusion of meeting future emissions standards is turning fleets against diesel-engined vehicles.<\/p>\n
Top-10 BC50 company GE Capital claimed there is an intensifying mood against oil-burners and their effect on air quality.<\/p>\n
GE Capital also said petrol engines are now competing with diesels on emissions while returning comparable fuel consumption figures.<\/p>\n
“The historic popularity of diesel has been driven by very relevant factors such as its petrol-beating CO2 performance, excellent fuel consumption and strong driving characteristics,” said Gary Killeen, managing director of GE Capital.<\/p>\n
“Developing diesels capable of meeting each successive new EU emissions standard is becoming more expensive, difficult and time consuming. Our estimates are that within another decade, we will be seeing a much wider range of drivetrain<\/p>\n
technology on fleets. Diesel will continue to be very popular but will no longer be the automatic choice,” said Killeen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"