Change is inevitable
Diesels have not been banned, it’s just that they have become more expensive to make and maintain, and companies no longer see the profit in them. Most diesel SUVs will take the price hit, stay in the market, as no petrol engine can match the low-end torque and range of a diesel engine that these vehicles require.
But not all small cars are SUVs, and that segment is really where diesels thrived against their petrol counterparts due to their efficiency advantage. This is high time electric cars are taken up seriously in India, as even petrol vehicles will inevitably suffer from the same fate someday or the other.
As much as a change BS6 can bring to our daily lives, it is very much needed in the fast-changing environmental landscape of our world. In fact, India is already pretty late to this norm by a few years. The toxins released by the engines need to be contained, otherwise dangerous phenomenons like acid rain can become more common than they already are! It’s our duty to make sure our environment, and our world in extension, doesn’t turn toxic for our future generations!
This change is indeed quite drastic and expensive for our market, but it is for a green cause. Nevertheless, this will open our market up for newer technology and better alternatives. But again, only time can tell how all of this will play out.
