Cummins to produce light duty diesel engine for North American market

by Bruno Vanzieleghem (RSS feed) on Jul 27th 2006 at 7:50AM

A large number of companies have announced plans to introduce diesel engines in the North American market. The majority of these engines are currently offered in overseas markets, and are being developed further to meet the emission standards. One North American manufacturer, who wants to remain confidential for competitive reasons, has made the decision to farm out the production of a diesel engine for the market to Cummins Inc. The company announced today it has reached an agreement to produce and market a light-duty diesel engine with an automotive manufacturer. The manufacturer serves the North American market and plans to incorporate the diesel engine in standard pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. We can expect to see the first vehicles with this new engine reach the market by the end of the decade. The engine will provide fuel savings of 30 percent on average over gasoline-powered engines for the same vehicle.

[Source: Finanzen.net]

Filed under: Diesel

Tags: Cummins, diesel

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

phil wasserman 10:07AM (7/27/2006)

diesel engines for small cars, smaller SUV's, and jeeps used for public transportation carrying twelve passengers are standard products in Asia. They are supplied by the Japanese manufacturers decades ago. In fact they are more economical than gasoline engine driven vehicles as above.

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Schneegz 7:24AM (7/28/2006)

phil wasserman wrote: "diesel engines for small cars, smaller SUV's, and jeeps used for public transportation carrying twelve passengers are standard products in Asia. They are supplied by the Japanese manufacturers decades ago. In fact they are more economical than gasoline engine driven vehicles as above."

That's true, Phil. But the countries in which those vehicles are/were sold have few, if any, environmental laws. Therefore, the vehicles sold there have few, if any, devices installed to regulate emissions. Therefore, those vehicles can not be sold in the US market without major modifications that would make them unprofitable.

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