New Delhi :
Renault expects diesel engines to disappear from most of its European cars according to company sources, after the French automaker reviewed the costs of meeting tighter emissions standards following the Volkswagen scandal.
The reassessment was delivered at an internal meeting. It shows how, a year after VW admitted engineering software to cheat US diesel emissions tests, the effects are forcing major European carmakers to change strategic plans that will pave the strategy for future cars.
Initially the Renault and its competitor Peugeot relied heavily on diesel technology but after VW crisis Renault is looking for different plan for the future.
Renault now predicts that the toughening of Euro 6 emissions rules will push diesel out of cars in the next 'B'-segment size category, as well as some 'C' models such as the Megane hatchback, by the year 2020, say sources.
