{"id":4786,"date":"2018-12-07T06:53:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T18:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?p=4786"},"modified":"2024-07-12T09:02:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T21:02:29","slug":"is-volkswagens-plan-to-drop-diesel-and-petrol-cars-a-good-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/is-volkswagens-plan-to-drop-diesel-and-petrol-cars-a-good-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Volkswagen\u2019s plan to drop diesel and petrol cars a good one?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4787\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4787\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/ccb2056b-co2-vw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/ccb2056b-co2-vw.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/ccb2056b-co2-vw-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/ccb2056b-co2-vw-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/ccb2056b-co2-vw-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CO2 Protest at VW Factory Gate in WolfsburgCO2 Protest am VW Werkstor in Wolfsburg<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The announcement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-04\/vw-says-the-next-generation-of-combustion-cars-will-be-its-last\">Volkswagen announced<\/a>\u00a0a plan to get out of the business of fossil fuel cars and to go 100% electric. They\u2019ll launch their final generation of fossil fuel cars in 2026 and plan to stop selling them all together by 2040.<\/p>\n<p>VW is the first major car manufacturer to announce an end to the internal combustion engine (petrol and diesel engines). They also happen to be the biggest car makers in the world (VW Group includes VW, Audi, Seat, Skoda and Porsche). So this is a big deal \u2013 both for our air and the climate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does it mean for air pollution?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pollution from diesel cars is one of the biggest contributors to dangerous air pollution in Europe and major cities across the world. Only last year, the then CEO of VW, Matthias Mueller, was insisting that diesel still had a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/09\/12\/volkswagen-emissions-scandal-ceo-says-diesel-has-a-great-future.html\">\u201cgreat future\u201d<\/a>. So it\u2019s a massive change for the car giant to now admit that the end of diesel and petrol is near.<\/p>\n<p>But near is very relative for VW. It might well be another 22 years until VW stops selling diesel and petrol cars. VW\u2019s announcement doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019ll be fewer diesel cars on our roads tomorrow so it\u2019s not going to have a direct impact on the quality of our air for some time. There\u2019s still much more work to do to clean up our air \u2013 and Greenpeace will be there every step of the way pushing for that to happen (as we have been for the past 3 years).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does it mean for the climate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>World wide, transport is one of the sectors where climate-wrecking CO2 emissions are going up rather than going down. If we want to stay under 1.5C global warming \u2013 as agreed by world leaders in Paris three years ago \u2013 we need to urgently reduce emissions from cars and to phase out fossil fuel-powered cars all together by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/belgium\/Global\/belgium\/report\/2018\/POD%20Media%20Report.pdf\">2028<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s biggest car maker announcing an end to the internal combustion engine is a big step in the right direction. But the date by which VW plans to do this \u2013 2040 \u2013 is too late as it will take us past 1.5C warming.<\/p>\n<p>So though this is the clearest sign yet that the age of oil is ending, we need VW to move much faster on their transition away from petrol and diesel and for other car companies to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To end the air pollution crisis and help avoid the worst effects of climate change, the entire car industry will need to stop producing fossil fuel cars much sooner than the current timeline. Globally we\u2019ll be campaigning to push other car companies to announce the phase out of petrol and diesel cars and for VW to speed up their transition to electric vehicles and other mobility services. 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