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Back in the 2001-2010 era, VW diesel advocates would frequently come here to 'pick a fight' over their diesels versus our Prius. Then VW's "music" software turned out to be an emission fraud and nearly 500,000 were recalled and sent to large scrap heaps. Well Mazda wants the restart the war of words:


Engineering details missing from this sales (propaganda) piece:

• No regenerative braking - diesels stop by heating brake pads and disks whereas hybrids and EVs stuff that energy back into the battery. That is why they excel in City traffic, +95% of all miles.
• 100 times more moving and wearing out parts - from the engine to the tires, the diesel engine and required transmission have two orders of magnitude more moving parts that only frequent oil changes prevent from melting down.
• Toxic emissions - diesels produce huge amounts of SMOG and lung irritating NOx. Highly reactive, these require a catalytic converter that often...

I think it does not look like my 1985 Corolla LE anymore.

New Toyota Corolla Is Done Playing The Boring Sedan Game | Carscoops

Elon Musk suggested that even the Model 3 and Model Y will be afterthoughts with the Cybercab robotaxi coming.

Tesla scraps Model S and Model X to build robots