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Old 06-27-2017, 01:41 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bwilson4web View Post
Careful what you wish for:

Source: Four major cities move to ban diesel vehicles by 2025 - BBC News
The leaders of four major global cities say they will stop the use of all diesel-powered cars and trucks by the middle of the next decade.

The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens say they are implementing the ban to improve air quality.
That would pretty well keep the Cruze on the highway and out of these cities. Sounds like a good plan, never bring the Cruze into the city. They could park on the edges and take an Uber Prius into the city. <GRINS>

Bob Wilson
Won't happen in the USA. The cars and trucks are already controlled in their emissions and the air is clean now in our cities. They aren't going to pick one minor source while ignoring all the rest. They could keep making the emissions of newly sold cars stricter and stricter, but the 2017 Cruize diesel will be on the road in every US location as long as the owner keeps it there. They will even run into constitutional problems if say Seattle trys to prevent me from driving my Montana licensed Cruze over for the weekend and using the federally funded roads. Seattle may be able to apply for a waiver to prevent the sale of diesel cars in Seattle, or Washington state could apply for a waiver for the whole state, but a car sold and licensed somewhere else or an older car licensed before the change will still be on the road for a good 30 years if not more.
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