Fiat diesel I rented in Spain back in 2003 was a really nice car and got about 50mpg.
Bye-bye Cummins powered Dodge Rams?
dump the electric ones too....and take off 90% of the electronic bs on new US cars altogether!
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I refuse to believe they are ditching the Cummins. It has to be one of their biggest money makers, outside of Jeep.
“scandal-tainted fuel source”
What BS. IIRC, VW rigged their engine software to exceed emission standards only when the engine was under heavy load like acceleration. Without the modified software, engine performance was lower. If I had to guess, the cheating probably got you up to freeway speed in 6 seconds instead of 5.7 seconds.
It is utterly ridiculous to “taint” all diesel fuel with the “scandal” broad brush.
This is just manufacturers falling prey to the whims of government. Government says:
Yesterday, Gasoline Bad, Diesel Good.
Today it is Diesel Bad, Electricity Good.
If you chase the chimera of government dictats you will be forever chasing your tail. The auto companies should give their governments a big “FU” and listen to what their customers want.
This is dumb. Oil is not going way up in price—especially with the spread of fracking technology. 20 lbs. of petroleum STILL has (and will continue to have) more BTUs than 20 lbs of any battery. Therefore, THE most efficient petroleum engines—diesels—will have a future...
Those who get out of the petroleum engine game (anticipating government restrictions) will loose out in free markets...without such restrictions (as in the developing world, and maybe—if Trump stays...the USA).
Back in the day, I commuted to work in a VW Diesel Rabbit. It was a great car. I got about 50 MPG, and it lasted me faithfully for 190,000 miles without any major repairs.
Then I had to give it up when the tree huggers banned diesel fuel.
Governments are pushing hard on electric cars. I wish I better understand what nefarious activities they are up to. I don’t think for a minute that governments are pushing electric cars for environmental reasons - they are evil, but not stupid and electric cars are not better for the environment.
Is it as simple as the push to self driving cars - electric cars make that easier? And self driving cars give mobility control back to the government?
I never understood why the auto manufacturers never made diesel hybrids. Audi was, IIRC, getting about 70 MPG in a small car on the test track with this technology.
Electric cars are, as a group, a huge threat to the electrical grid. We’re really going to have to beef up production to take on any significant numbers of electrics.
So much for that Diesel Jeep I’ve been waiting for.
The article does not emphasize that it was imaginary worry about CO2 that prompted Euro promotion of diesel.
After years of monitoring, even dumb*** Euros admit the immediate danger from diesel pollutants is worse than the imaginary damage from CO2. And with today’s cleaner diesel, it’s probably not enough more danger than gas engines to worry about.
dump the
“womanized” so they “see better”, high road clearance cars, suvs, privet trucks, delivery trucks, jeeps etc. By the way, fire whatever idiot(S) designed,engineered,approved these “Womanized” vehicles!
DAMN! Is was saving up to buy a diesel powered Viper!
It is my understanding - correct me if I’m wrong - that when processing crude oil there’s a certain balance between diesel and gasoline fuel you get out of the refinery process.
What are they going to do with all the excess diesel fuel when there are no more diesel cars? Dump it in rivers and oceans? Bury it in the desert for future generations? If they’re going to burn it in power plants or whatever, the same basic problem persists.