Diesel has to die – there is no reverse gear on this

Daimler says diesel is worth fighting for but there is no comeback for the toxic technology and the fight must now be to save livesWhen the story of Volkswagen’s cheating on diesel emissions tests broke nearly two years ago, a number of reporters asked me if this spelled the end for diesel cars. My response was a confident, dismissive “no”. While dieselgate would cast a long shadow, there was no reason to write off diesel cars, at least in the short term. After all, the technol