India will be implementing the new BS3 Pollution standards from April 2020. With that in mind, various companies are shutting down the production of their diesel engine models. The engine which doesn’t meet the pollution standard is set to be shut down. Therefore, in the upcoming days, the production of diesel cars from these 5 auto companies will be shutting down.
Maruti Suzuki
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest Auto company will be shutting down the production of their diesel engine vehicles from April 2020. The company has already announced the closure of diesel-engined Eco Van, Alto, etc. However, the company has said that it is planning to upgrade the diesel engine and rebuild it if there will be high customer demand in the market.
Nissan
Renault’s partner Nissan in India is also shutting down the production of their diesel cars in the coming years. Currently, the company has been selling the Nissan Micra, Kicks, Sunny and Terano in diesel engine variants.
Volkswagen
Volkswagen is also shutting down its production of diesel engine vehicles from the upcoming year. In a few months, the company will be launching its all petrol-engined Volkswagen cars by upgrading the engine to BS6 standard.
Skoda
Skoda is also on the list of the companies which will be shutting down their diesel engine vehicles. According to the reports, the company will be discontinuing the production of rapid-car diesel variants in the coming days.
Reno
French auto company Reno has also announced the shutdown of their diesel vehicles after the implementation of BS6 Emission norms.
The companies have also announced that if their regular diesel engines are upgraded to meet the requirements of BS6 Emissions norms, the prices of their vehicles will highly be increased while this might wrongly impact the general customers.
