"When millions of diesel engines have been manipulated, and one of the biggest industries of the country is in danger, the chancellor should be present at the diesel summit," he told business weekly Handelsblatt. 'Anything but a ban'Topping the agenda at the talks will be the task of reducing air pollution from diesel technology. Even so, widening public concern about pollution provides a powerful spur for the auto industry to rethink its commitment to diesel. The Stuttgart ruling also piles pressure on politicians to abandon their support for a voluntary approach by the car industry to fix the problem. Part of the problem is that some foreign manufacturers invested heavily on hybrid or all-electric vehicles to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, but Germany's car industry largely bet on diesel.

Source: The Local July 30, 2017 10:52 UTC