
Demand for diesel vehicles has been steadily declining in recent years following the Dieselgate scandal. While oilers have never been especially popular in North America, diesel-powered cars and SUVs were a real hit in Europe some five years ago. Last month, however, sales of electric vehicles surpassed deliveries of diesel models on the Old Continent for the first time in history but that doesn’t mean the automakers are going to abandon that technology. In fact, Mazda says it will keep it available as long as the customers want it.