'CNG cars as possible diesel alternative’
Seat betting on CNG to compensate for falling diesel car sales
Seat betting on CNG to compensate for falling diesel car sales. PHOTO: FILE
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Carmaker Seat sees compressed natural gas (CNG) as an alternative fuel to diesel, the chief executive of the Spanish Volkswagen division said on Saturday. Seat was betting on CNG in order to compensate for falling diesel car sales, its chief executive Luca de Meo was quoted as saying in part of a report, due to run in full in the July 24 issue of Automobilwoche. “We have to offer customers a sensible solution. The debate about diesel is continuing and therefore we need other options,” he said. While Seat, bought by Volkswagen in 1986, was less exposed to diesel dependency than premium carmakers, it still had to observe market dynamics very carefully, de Meo said. The finance chief of sister company Porsche, Lutz Meschke said that discussions about a diesel-free future were under way.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 23rd, 2017.
Carmaker Seat sees compressed natural gas (CNG) as an alternative fuel to diesel, the chief executive of the Spanish Volkswagen division said on Saturday. Seat was betting on CNG in order to compensate for falling diesel car sales, its chief executive Luca de Meo was quoted as saying in part of a report, due to run in full in the July 24 issue of Automobilwoche. “We have to offer customers a sensible solution. The debate about diesel is continuing and therefore we need other options,” he said. While Seat, bought by Volkswagen in 1986, was less exposed to diesel dependency than premium carmakers, it still had to observe market dynamics very carefully, de Meo said. The finance chief of sister company Porsche, Lutz Meschke said that discussions about a diesel-free future were under way.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 23rd, 2017.