Diesel loses market share due to emissions scandal
CAR Center Automotive Research
At 45.3 percent in August 2016, the share of diesel cars in all newly registered passenger cars in Germany was at its lowest since March 2012, due to the emissions scandal, according to a study by the CAR Center Automotive Research of the University of Duisburg-Essen. “Diesel slowly falls out of grace with car buyers. The negative news reports unsettle. […] Dieselgate has left its mark,” says the study.
Find the study in German here.
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