Renault introduced more than decade ago DPF direct fuel injection.

Several different solutions (vapourisers, direct injection) on the market besides the post combustion method.

@linni Nobody is asking about Renaults!

VW Group went with a Daimler-Benz's BlueTec and then had to cheat so that there were not big tanks or lots of topping up.

1 hour ago, e-Roottoot said:

@linni Nobody is asking about Renaults!

VW Group went with a Daimler-Benz's BlueTec and then had to cheat so that there were not big tanks or lots of topping up.

Hah, and what happened to Mercedes-Benz four years after dieselgate...all the manufacturers are bending (and some breaking) the rules  

The French manufacturers managed to get the WLTP approvals & the RDE figures early on while VW Group had to keep manipulating engine management and are now dropping 

engines and they can not get what they need for the RDE2.

 

Mercedes has to use the Renault-Nissan engines now for some vehicles and used Renault ones in the past.

 

The German Manufactures thought Diesel Hybrids were the future and built the plants to build the engines in various countries and then their 'Green' cheating was found out so they had to start over again and use the R&D others had done.

 

PS Edit.

So 2020 going into 2021 and the VW Group need their brands to get the Average C02 g/km figures and that requires the Full EV's and plug in  and Mild Hybrids.

The issue is the Full EV's still have software errors and yet they have had to start supplying them with the promise of fixes later.

Vorsprung Durch Technik / Das Auto!

Edited 9 November, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

2 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

The French manufacturers managed to get the WLTP approvals & the RDE figures early on while VW Group had to keep manipulating engine management and are now dropping 

engines and they can not get what they need for the RDE2.

 

Mercedes has to use the Renault-Nissan engines now for some vehicles and used Renault ones in the past.

 

The German Manufactures thought Diesel Hybrids were the future and built the plants to build the engines in various countries and then their 'Green' cheating was found out so they had to start over again and use the R&D others had done.

If manufacturers used some common sense and put engine block heaters in their diesel (and petrol) hybrids, I’d be inclined to buy one. A warm engine is far more efficient than cold as we all know, and with how little an ICE is used in daily use (infrequently but not 100% electric only) it makes a lot of sense to me. 

Elephant in the room is that since VW moved on from Air Cooled engines to ones with coolant and water pumps they fail miserably getting good water pumps, chains, belts and tensioners.

So as it is what ICE engines they have already on the drawing board look like being the end of the line.

20 hours ago, ZacDaMan72 said:

If manufacturers used some common sense and put engine block heaters in their diesel (and petrol) hybrids, I’d be inclined to buy one. A warm engine is far more efficient than cold as we all know, and with how little an ICE is used in daily use (infrequently but not 100% electric only) it makes a lot of sense to me. 

Toyota use a number of techniques to ensure the ICE engine in their hybrids gets up to temperature rapidly (including use the exhaust the help heat the coolant if I recall).