VW is going to substantially cut back, launches new dieselstrategie

Posted on 13-10-2015 at 13:33 by sir_smokalot – 46 Comments”

No, Volkswagen is definitely not going with the diesel to stop it, but go there to change things. Of course.

In a statement, the management of Volkswagen, under the direction of Herbert Diess, the future of the brand are outlined. That VW deliberately to the fore, and a vision develops, brings peace and leads the attention somewhat directly off of the dieslschandaal in which it is presently engaged.

1 billion euros per year less

The investment will be 1 billion euros per year reduced, and future models will get priority. This is actually the implementation of policies that are already under Winterkorn was born, already it was a matter of saving 5 billion between 2015 and 2020. A part of the money should be saved by existing processes to streamline, but I doubt whether there is a billion to be able to get.

Then the hot dieselhangijzer: Volkswagen always showed a lot of confidence in the diesel engine. When Toyota hybrid went gave VW to not have this path to explore, because it has a lot of potential in the zelfontbrander saw. Even without heavy batteries could have the same consumption figures pick up, so was the view. By the developments over the past weeks, the management is no more afford to be so heavy on diesel in to stay put, but at the same time, the role of the technology is not yet played out. Moreover, VW, especially in Europe, still a lot of diesels away.

Only AdBlue and SCR

There are three (legal) ways to reduce the emissions of diesels down to get: motormodificaties linked to a uitlaatrecirculatieklep (EGR), the so-called ” lean NOx traps’ (LNTs), which exhaust gas by injection with a mixture of urea and distilled water (AdBlue) to be afgkoeld and NOx are neutralized, and selective catalytic reduction (SCR).

PSA, for example, puts full to SCR, Volkswagen will, in the future, in Europe and North America’s only diesel cars that both of SCR as AdBlue. AdBlue is a quite expensive stuff in a separate tank that is not [update] apparently known by the possessor to be refilled.

In addition, as the lightning rod, among other invested in electric powertrains.

Please note: the above applies to the brand Volkswagen, so not the entire group.