Plasma Exhaust Cleaning: Promising New Tech

Apparently, the particulate filter isn't all it's cracked up to be; there are other ways to do things.

http://w4.siemens.de/FuI/de/archiv/zeitschrift/heft2_98/artikel08/

Der Produktentstehungsprozeß wird nach eigenen Prognosen doch leider am Markt vorbei sein, nämlich viel zu spät abgeschlossen sein. Schi!
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OlBe.

I don't believe that can happen without affecting the market.
It's new, so it takes time.
2. It will likely be available on the market around the time when people start having major issues with the filter, and when a larger number of vehicles have exceeded 100,000 kilometers.