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CHEAT! Volkswagen chief 'deeply sorry' over diesel emission test dodge

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Re: Time for petrol only for private transport

Just look at modern hybrids, the internal combustion element is petrol, not diesel.

That's only because the vast majority of hybrids are Japanese, who have what is effectively a FOAD tax on diesels. They also have the answer to city air quality, buses, taxis, dustcarts and such are all CNG[1] powered as they're not exempt from the banhammer.

[1] While this is probably the cleanest of the conventional combustion engine fuels, the problem here is that you can fill the buggers from your household mains gas supply with a simple compressor. Western governments, who like to fund their vanity projects by taxing the living shit out of vehicle fuel, really hate the idea of this ever going mainstream around these parts.

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