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Toyota to stop selling diesel cars in Europe

The move comes as major cities including Paris have announced plans to ban diesel-powered vehicles

Published Tue, Mar 6, 2018 · 09:50 PM

Geneva

JAPANESE car giant Toyota announced Monday that it will stop selling diesel cars in Europe, beginning the phase-out this year.

"Diesel will be phased out in our passenger cars in 2018," Johan van Zyl, president of Toyota Motor Europe, said in Geneva, where Europe's first major car show of the year opens this week.

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