BMW not interested in BLUETEC
While VW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and even Jeep will market diesel vehicles with BLUETEC technology in the U.S. soon, BMW will go its own way. BMW wants to develop a urea-based technology to reduce NOx before making a sustained push here with diesel products. The company already offers a number of diesel cars in Europe where emissions standards aren't as tough. BLUETEC with AdBlue, which was developed by Mercedes and Bosch, meets strict 2009 U.S. standards. AdBlue uses urea-based additives to cut NOx emissions as well. But a BMW spokesperson said the company is "thinking of a name that is different than BLUETEC."
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ThwartedEfforts 7:14AM (11/24/2006)
If emissions standards are so tight in the US, why is Dodge able to sell its best-selling truck with the 6.7- and 5.9-Litre Cummins lump?
It's all very well having regulations that put the squeeze on diesel pollutants, but when the country's most popular vehicles all have needlessly big powerplants and average around 10mpg, what's the point?
Until Americans start choosing more efficient engines and the regulations are made to apply to ALL vehicles, nothing is going to change.
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Tim 12:57PM (11/24/2006)
ThwartedEfforts- The US emission standard for Diesel goes by vehicle weight class and is stricter for cars than light trucks. I've never seen the gov't use their regulation bludgeon properly. Committees (with lobbyist help) often do things that don't make sense.
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