Porsche says it will no longer make diesel vehicles

Porsche says it's doing well with diesel. In a statement released this morning, he said that despite the drop in demand for diesel vehicles and the growing interest in hybrid vehicles, he "decided not to offer diesel propulsion in the future."

Porsche CEO, Oliver Blume, notes that his company does not "demonize diesel" with the announcement, and claims that fuel remains important worldwide, although this has never been a big part of the offers of the society. This attitude has emerged in recent months: the German car manufacturer is increasingly interested in electric and hybrid vehicles. Last year, the company unveiled the 2019 Cayenne SUV, which was missing a diesel version, and later unveiled an updated hybrid model.

At the beginning of the year, it announced that it would double its investment in greener vehicles in 2022 and that by 2025 a new Porsche vehicle could be equipped with a hybrid electric or purely electric engine. the Taycan (formerly known as Mission E) next year, which will focus on other electric sports cars like the Tesla S. Model.

Porsche's drive to put diesel to the test makes sense: the auto industry is betting more and more on a future in which we drive electric and hybrid vehicles. Nor has the company sold diesel vehicles on the US market since 2015, and last year it recalled 22,000 of its Cayenne SUVs after they found themselves equipped with devices to bypass the tests. resignation. As a result of this recall, Porsche has decided to stop production of its diesel engines rather than update them to comply with current regulations. At the time, it seemed that the production was just stopping, but today's announcement reveals that it stopped on the road it will take – a diesel-free.