The big news of 11:54 has clearly been Bernstein Research 's admission that at least six vehicles it made could be misreporting their true emission levels. VW’s share price has plummeted as a result, and some reports suggest the crisis could even completely kill the diesel passenger car market globally . However, the revelations could well be great news for Tesla , and other EV manufacturers. With the benefits of diesel being overstated, the market is now slowly beginning to turn against diesel cars, even in countries like the Germany , where they had overtaken petrol car sales. Updated at 10.30am EDT Combine this with the improvements in battery technology for electric cars and the slowly increasing trickle of electric car charging points and the odds begin to stack in electric’s favour. This is a viewpoint that Volkswagen holds, according to The Guardian .
The big news of 11:54 has clearly been Bernstein Research 's admission that at least six vehicles it made could be misreporting their true emission levels. VW’s share price has plummeted as a result, and some reports suggest the crisis could even completely kill the diesel passenger car market globally . However, the revelations could well be great news for Tesla , and other EV manufacturers. With the benefits of diesel being overstated, the market is now slowly beginning to turn against diesel cars, even in countries like the Germany , where they had overtaken petrol car sales. Combine this with the improvements in battery technology for electric cars and the slowly increasing trickle of electric car charging points and the odds begin to stack in electric’s favour. This is a viewpoint that Volkswagen holds, according to The Guardian .