Even as it moves to add electric vehicles to its portfolio, diesel engines will continue to play an important role meeting the needs of customers, Daimler executives told shareholders during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Berlin.
Diesel vehicles still have a clear carbon dioxide advantage over comparable gasoline-driven vehicles.
“The diesel engine is part of the solution,” Dieter Zetsche, Daimler’s outgoing CEO said. “That is why we assume it will continue to play an important role in Europe for at least another decade — maybe even longer in the commercial vehicles area.
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