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08 Aug 2017

“Porsche looks at accelerated end for diesel“

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

German sports car manufacturer Porsche is looking at the possibility to phase out the diesel version for its SUV Cayenne with the upcoming new model, writes Susanne Preuß for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “In regards to diesel, we are examining different scenarios”, but a decision was not yet made, a Porsche spokesperson told the newspaper. One of the alternative scenarios would be that the September release is the last Cayenne available with a diesel engine, writes Preuß.

Read the article in German here.

Find background material on the carmakers fight for the top-spot in e-mobility in the dossier, and more on the diesel summit’s outcome in the CLEW article German carmakers pledge diesel software updates and buyer’s bonus.

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