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Despite the looming driving bans following the landmark 27 February court ruling, German carmakers continue to resist hardware retrofits to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from older diesel cars, report Michael Bauchm眉ller and Thomas Fromm in the lead article of the S眉ddeutsche Zeitung. 鈥淔rom our perspective, hardware retrofits of all types and models would take at least two to three years,鈥� the carmakers鈥� association VDA told the newspaper. During that time, older cars would be replaced by new ones anyway, thereby solving the pollution problem without the need for intervention, according to the VDA. An unnamed industry source commented to the authors that 鈥淭his would involve so many different car models 鈥� how is this supposed to work?鈥�
Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks told the paper that diesel owners who can and want to retrofit their cars should have the right to do so at the carmakers鈥� expense. 鈥淲e can鈥檛 allow a discussion solely focused on badges, losing sight of those responsible for the problem in the first place.鈥�

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Find background in the 威力彩玩法 article Court ruling opens door for diesel bans in German cities, the  factsheet Diesel driving bans in Germany 鈥� The Q&A, and the dossier BMW, Daimler and VW vow to fight in green transport revolution.