Volvo CEO says new generation of diesel engines could be the last

Volvo's V60 D5 Twin Engine Special Edition diesel hybrid at the Geneva auto show in March 2015. (REUTERS)

By:

Emma Thomasson

May 17, 2017 05:00 AM

BERLIN -- Volvo's latest generation of diesel engines could be its last because the cost of reducing emissions of nitrogen oxide is becoming too expensive, CEO Hakan Samuelsson was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

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