America going Diesel

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Thu 22 May 2003 16:09
America going Diesel - A Dent{P}
Just read an interesting article on euro and american markets for diesels.

www.engineeringtalk.com/news/rca/rca117.html

About time?.
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Fri 23 May 2003 09:38
America going Diesel - Rebecca {P}
I have just got back from a Govt/Auto Industry meeting in the US where this subject came up many times. On top of the perception of diesels being smelly, smoky and noisy, analysts predict that petrol will cost only $1.75 a gallon by 2012. At these prices there is no motivation I can see for the US driver to change the habits of a lifetime.

(Off topic - A scary statistic presented at the meeting was that on average each GM/Ford/Chrysler vehicle has costs of $1200 relating to pensions & healthcare...)

(Figures from Center for Automotive Research)
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