Diesel down?

摘要

Western Europe's answer to better fuel efficiency and lower CO_2 seems idyllic. Instead of self-righteous hybrid drivers clogging freeway left and diamond lanes, Europe gets big, torquey German sedans zipping along at 155 mph, right?rnNot so fast. Western Europe's love affair with the clean, high-tech diesel, at least in smaller, low-priced cars, may be ending. The European Union has pushed its states to equalize diesel and gasoline prices at the pump and diminish one longstanding diesel advantage, says Jim Hall, of 2953 Analytics.