Tech Artice 10-16-15

Volkswagen Switches to a Costlier Diesel Technology.

• The Volkswagen which sold 4.6 million cars in 2014 and generated nearly $113.76 billion dollars in revenue. 
• In response, Volkswagen is writing up plans to develop electric vehicles and is scrapping existing emissions technology in its diesel engines in favor of more expensive Ad Blue and selective catalytic reduction, or SCR, technology to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions.
• Ad Blue is a fluid based on urea that is injected into the exhaust pipeline where it vaporizes and neutralizes the nitrogen oxide in the catalytic converter.
• The Ad Blue and SCR procedure is considered the best way to reduce toxic tailpipe emissions, but it is more expensive than the method Volkswagen chose in the past for its TDI diesel engines.