Because the government won't let them.
"Because the government won't let them."
BMW sells/has sold diesels here. The X5 35d is a diesel they sell at the moment. They did sell the E90 sedan with a diesel -- but the sales were much less than expected. The problem with diesels here is that they aren't big sellers. (In that sense, diesels are much like electric cars.)
Porsche, Audi, VW and Mercedes offer at least one diesel model in the US in addition to BMW.
Seems like decent progress. But I won’t get real interested until someone comes up with an all-EV with a 200 mile range for $25K.
I’m tired of changing oil and spark plugs and all the greasy maintenance that goes along with a gasoline engine, so not really interested in hybrids.
My current car is 15 years old, so unfortunately it’s probably not going to last long enough for a viable (for me) all-electric to come out.