Honda Motor has reported that it will gradually eliminate all diesel cars by 2021 in order to favor models with electric propulsion systems, as the Japanese automaker focuses all its resources on the electrification of all its European cars by 2025.

Stop producing diesel cars is part of the measures taken by Honda to comply with strict global emission regulations. The plan is part of its long-term goal to make electric cars, including all electric battery vehicles, account for two-thirds of their lineups by 2030 from now less than 10%.

For next year, according to the European Union’s emission targets, CO2 should be reduced to 95 g / km for 95% of cars from the current average of 120.5 grams, a figure that has increased as Consumers reject low-fuel diesel engines and opt for SUVs. All new cars in the EU must comply with the standards in 2021.

This decline in demand for diesel vehicles and increasingly stringent emission regulations have been for Honda two key factors that have caused a change in its manufacturing outlook.

Honda has also reported that it will reduce the number of car model variations to a third of current offers by 2025, reducing global production costs by 10% and redirecting those savings towards advanced research and development. For now, the Japanese brand has announced in February that it would close the British Swidon plant in 2021, with the loss of up to 3,500 jobs. This Honda factory currently houses the tenth-generation Civic hatchback and its high-performance version, the Civic Type R.

New car sales of gasoline and diesel cars that started in Northern Europe around February 2016 are prohibited. Although there is no similar movement in Japan, I will summarize the situation in other countries. On September 27, 2017, China announced that it would start regulation from 2019, though it is not prohibited. In June 2019, Ireland also announced a ban from 2030.

Gasoline cars and diesel cars use gasoline and light oil as fuel, burn inside the engine, explode, and drive the axle → tires with that momentum. Gasoline is a hydrocarbon with 5 to 5 (pentane) to refined carbon extracted from crude oil or refined carbon (decane), and light oil to 14 to 20 hydrocarbons (heavier components of crude oil) . Although the details differ, both gasoline and diesel vehicles have similar mechanisms. When gasoline or light oil is burned, it reacts with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water, but in the process, it burns incompletely, generating harmful carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides (NOx), and PM2.5. . Most of these are removed by the exhaust gas purifier, but only a small part of the exhaust is a problem.

The time is February 2016. Jonas Gahr Støre of the Norwegian Labor Party, Norway’s largest political party, issued a statement that all new cars will be zero-emissions in 2030. Zero emissions means no emissions, ie 100% electric vehicles. Later, in June, the middle-right group (mainly the Conservative Party), which formed the ruling coalition, and the left-center group (mainly the Labor Party), which formed the opposition alliance,・ Because it was announced that new car sales of diesel vehicles would be prohibited, it was a fuss. From this announcement, it can be understood that only electric cars can be sold, but then Norwegian Climate Minister Vidar Helgesen tweeted that he would take a strong action and aim for zero. In any case, the entire country has moved in that direction, although it has not been legislated.

The world will be in sync with this opportunity, but let’s summarize it.