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'Death of diesel looms' as car makers accelerate to electric future as world's biggest diesel engine factory in Tremery, eastern France, is switching to making electric motors

news.movim.eu / gadgeteerza-tech-blog · Thursday, 28 January, 2021 - 11:35 edit

From less than 10% of output in 2020, electric motor production at Tremery will double to about 180,000 in 2021, and is planned to reach 900,000 a year - or more than half the plant's peak pre-pandemic output - by 2025.

The shift is testament to a car industry in flux. Demand for diesel cars has slumped since a 2015 pollution scandal, while tough new EU regulations, which fine carmakers for exceeding emissions limits, are pushing them to make more electric models.

See https://www.timeslive.co.za/motoring/news/2021-01-25-death-of-diesel-looms-as-car-makers-accelerate-to-electric-future/

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