Diesel Fears Become Reality With First Driving Ban in Germany
- Hamburg to restrict older models on some streets as of May 31
- German carmakers offer inner-city guarantees to boost sales
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Hamburg, Germany’s second-largest city, will restrict older diesel vehicles from selected urban areas starting next week, marking the first driving ban in the country for the embattled technology.
Beginning May 31, the port city of 1.8 million people will prevent cars and trucks that don’t meet at least Euro-6 emissions standards from using a stretch of Max Brauer Allee, a key avenue that runs northeast from the Altona train station. It will also ban trucks from a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) section of Stresemannstrasse, a major east-west thoroughfare, according to a statement. Cars equipped with Euro-6 exhaust systems went on the market in 2014.