Germany needlessly destroys leading diesel technology – opinion

The landmark court ruling on diesel driving bans is “lunacy,” writes Holger Appel in a commentary for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. A ban on the “allegedly dangerous” diesel technology is unnecessary, because nitrogen dioxide measurements should be put in doubt, and pollution levels have already decreased significantly since the 1990s, argues Appel. “Germany needlessly destroys the diesel, a good technology, in which it is a leader. Or presumably was,” he writes. “You wonder why a court follows the arguments of populist groups that have taken on the car for whatever selfish reasons.”

Read the commentary in German here.

Find background in the CLEW article Court ruling opens door for diesel bans in German cities, the  factsheet Diesel driving bans in Germany – The Q&A, and the dossier BMW, Daimler and VW vow to fight in green transport revolution.