Many folk in Europe didn't "forget" VW's attempt to game the emissions testing, as it didn't harm the performance of the actual cars they were perfectly happy to go along with it as diesel is still cheaper than petrol in some countries (or for those who live outside towns and make regular long journeys) - if anything they are angry at the governments for introducing more emissions regulations (it was partly a factor in the Brits leaving the EU)!

That said, folk who previously drove diesel saloons/SUVs and have their own driveway/garage are all moving towards EVs (as you can plug them in at home and charge up so don't need to bother with queues at service stations)

the diesel heater in an EV is a joke, it was (and still is) a popular mod for a VW Beetle/Käfer.

What definitely isn't a joke is a genuine rise in ownership of EVs (including many from VW group), in preference to diesel cars - there is literally one opposite my house (a Skoda electric compact SUV) my neighbours recently acquired and they are a young couple (previously it was more often the richer older folk buying EVs) and that couple previously drove a fossil fuel powered compact SUV..

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I had a look but could only find reports of Nissan Leafs bricked due to "normal" component failures and lack of diagnostic knowledge (same as can happen with any 10+ year old car), mostly linked to the 12V aux battery running down (and on rarer occasions issues with the HV battery).

If there was a spate of these in UK I'd have heard about it by now, I do some part time fleet management work (which includes "grey fleet" when staff use their own vehicles) so I get to hear about everyones car troubles..

What *is* needed is EV training for mechanics in the aftermarket (so folk aren't stuck with having to get main dealer servicing for older EVs)

this is already an issue with older cars (both electric and petrol), spme "online" features of my 2018 VW Golf GTI don't work because they depended on 2/3G mobile signal which isn't available in UK (and many other countries) any more, although they aren't essential to the working of the car, didn't provide that many useful things considering you had to pay for them *and* hand over data to VW), and the navi features are replaced by apps on Android Auto.

I think there is some consumer protection law in EU/EEA+UK that removing these features must not affect the safety-critical parts of the car, but it does not prevent manufacturers making a commercial decision to remove other features (and could cause an issue as cars become more "connected")

Even big tech corporates seem to fear governments when its anything to do with cars and road safety regulations (its why Android Auto is so strict about what apps can and can't appear on vehicle screens, and the Cybertruck remains prohibited from roads across Europe)

The German government *did* after all make at least one high paid exec from VW spend a few weeks/months in *jail* and some time after that picking trash from the streets alongside juvenile delinquents..

In fact stuff like standalone navi in my car does still work (albeit without things like petrol prices) and only function I lost is automatic service reminder which only goes to VW dealers rather than indies (and I do a lot of my servicing myself, still possible even with some modern cars)

Im concerned that we replace carbon fueled engines as fast as humanly possible. End it.

Or its an apocalypse. 30 million hectares of 🇨🇦 forest made ash over 30 months is a WARNING screamed in our ear, devastation unheard of in history

I also want kids to stop falling off bikes and organisations to stop souring into corruption, and bean counters to stop cutting corners of safety and sanity.

But if we do not end oil RIGHT NOW, we dont make it.

Oil is forest fires and war.

I encourage sane actions by individuals, I DEMAND robust billionaire taxation and mass installation of New Energy.

We demand.

Half a million marched in Montreal with Greta for reak climate action. Six years ago, for example

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