Originally called "little sweet", now called people "Cow Lady". That's pretty much how European diesel cars have been treated over the past 20 years.
The promised land of diesel cars, Europe, has begun to ban firewood
Since 2018, major European cities have issued bans on firewood.
From 31 May 2018, Hamburg, Germany, banned diesel vehicles that do not meet Euro 6 standards from entering the two main roads in the city center.
Since July 2019, Paris has not allowed diesel vehicles registered before 2001 into the inner city.
So far, almost all major European cities, including Madrid, Athens, Berlin, Rome, Copenhagen and so on, have joined the ranks of banning firewood.
This is due to the fact that since Volkswagen's "emission gate" in 2015, the pollution problem of diesel vehicles has been widely recognized in Europe.
In 2016, 21 EU member states exceeded the PM10 standard and 4 member states exceeded the PM2.5 standard.
In 2017, Germany, France, Britain, Spain and Italy were severely warned by the European Commission for exceeding the nitrogen dioxide standard.
A major source of these 2 pollutants is diesel vehicles, which will be a little curious, since firewood is now banned, why did it be so vigorously promoted in the first place, and said that this is "environmental protection and fuel saving"? Diesel cars are not wronged?
At that time, diesel vehicles were environmentally friendly, so why should they be banned now
Eu carbon emissions regulations give diesel vehicles an advantage
Of course, this is closely related to the changes in the social environment and industrial structure in Different Periods in Europe.
As everyone knows, Europe attaches great importance to environmental protection, especially to global warming.
Therefore, the EU carbon emission regulation was proposed in 1998, and by 2008, the average carbon dioxide emissions of new cars in the EU should be reduced to 140g/km.
The proposal of this regulation is very beneficial to the development of diesel vehicles.
Because in order to meet the carbon emission standard of 140g/km, the average fuel consumption of gasoline vehicles per 100 kilometers should be less than 6.2L, which was quite difficult at the time, and it is not easy now, not to mention that the future will become more and more stringent, right?
The standard for implementation is 95g/km, right? 140 to 95, right?
In other words, the fuel consumption of 100 kilometers is only 4.2L, and only gasoline vehicles are produced, which is basically unable to meet the standard.
Diesel vehicles to achieve the goal of 140g/km, only need to reach 100 km of fuel consumption of 5.6L on the line, it looks lower than gasoline, more stringent, right?
But the diesel car itself is more fuel-efficient, the same displacement than the gasoline car can save about 30% of fuel, carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced by 30% to 45%, so it is easier to meet the standard.
The BMW 730d diesel model currently on sale in Europe, for example, consumes only 4.83L/100km.
Europe itself is leading in diesel engine technology
On the other hand, Europe's internal combustion engine technology has been leading the world since its birth, and the running on the ground is very powerful, and such a cash cow is not easy to throw away.
It's like: Nokia will guard Symbian and go to the grave together, the reason is exactly the same, just don't want it, right?
Europe has been exploring diesel sedan since the 1980s.
In the 1990s, diesel engine technology has been developed by leaps and bounds, electronically controlled fuel injection, high-pressure common rail, exhaust gas recirculation, exhaust gas aftertreatment technology, etc., all came out one by one.
It directly solves our traditional impression of the diesel engine black smoke, "gang gang" vibration, the sound of the noise is terrible, the feeling is that in addition to the truck, there is no car suitable problem.
As for electric vehicles, they were just starting in the late 90s, the future was not very clear, and European lithium battery technology had no advantages at that time, so based on the situation at that time, diesel vehicles were a ready-made good way.
According to the idea of European companies at that time, it may be possible to lead the world's automobile revolution and earn a wave of fiercely: "We are on!" ”
After 2000, European car companies have also actively promoted diesel cars in our country.
In 2002, Volkswagen launched its first diesel sedan Jetta SDI in China, and later set up a diesel version of the Passat taxi fleet in Shanghai for demonstration operation.
The EU has a follow-up policy tilt for diesel vehicles
Within the European Union, in order to promote diesel vehicles, the policy has also been guided.
For example, the tax rate of diesel is lower than that of gasoline, and the purchase tax is calculated according to the combustion efficiency, etc., which further opens up the cost of diesel vehicles and gasoline vehicles, and diesel vehicles are advantageous.
The cost of use is related to each European car owner, so after that, the diesel car in the European market has gradually increased.
By 2004, diesel vehicles accounted for 50% of the new vehicles added to the EU.
By 2010, the total proportion of diesel vehicles had reached 52%, and until 2015, it remained above 50%, and more than half of it was diesel.
As emission requirements increase, diesel vehicles have come to an end
But in the later 2015, Volkswagen's "emission door" "ping-pong" came like this, and later BMW and Mercedes-Benz also came out with similar problems.
This matter involves another very important regulation - the emission standard of automobile exhaust.
With people's attention to air quality, exhaust emission standards are becoming more and more stringent, which makes diesel vehicles more and more stringent.
For example, the Euro 6 emission standards promulgated in 2013 are a huge test for diesel vehicles, and their NOx (nitrogen oxides) has dropped from 0.18 to 0.08.
The United States has been implementing the same level of Tier 2 standards as Euro 6 since 2004, and the limit of NOx (nitrogen oxides) is 0.031.
To achieve such a standard, the emission control of diesel vehicles needs to significantly increase the cost, which makes some car companies choose to take risks and start to counterfeit emissions.
After the "emission gate", the confidence of ordinary people in Europe in diesel vehicles has also been greatly hit.
Coupled with the impact of policies and public opinion such as the firewood restriction order, people began to look down on the future of diesel vehicles, and sales began to gradually decrease.
In 2016, the proportion of diesel vehicles in Europe fell by 50%, and by December 2021, the proportion of new vehicle sales of diesel vehicles was less than 19%, and for the first time, the proportion of sales was surpassed by electric vehicles.
The mainland missed the opportunity for diesel vehicle development
Through the changes in the European automobile industry, we can actually observe the development of our domestic diesel vehicles.
We also had the idea of diesel vehicles back then, but at the beginning our diesel quality was really not good, there was no way to do it.
It was not until 2010 that there was a fully enforced National 3 diesel standard.
"Hmm" At this time, the more promising electric vehicles have come, so we have also taken the development route of electric vehicles directly.
Why europe likes manual transmission, but domestically it has become less
Although many of our country's automobile industry have followed Europe, there are still quite big differences because of different markets.
You see, Europe likes a lot of manual transmission, we are now less and less, electric vehicles do not have manual transmission, vans are automatically more and more, buses are also automatic transmission, why is this?
Do you think manual transmission is not interesting? Or are we very different from Europeans' tastes?
Aren't many domestic cars called "lengthening and lengthening"?
Europeans, Germans(will they like)? We sold this stretch car to the Germans, and the Germans wouldn't think it was a good thing? Reverse exit in turn.
We also actually did some research and found some information, which may not be the same as we thought.
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