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Despite lithium battery investments, Bosch still bullish on diesel

While most of the hype for light duty diesel engines in America of the past two years has died down in favor of plug-in vehicles, not everyone has given up compression ignition. Top of the list is Bosch. While the world's largest auto supplier has garnered attention for its joint venture with Samsung to produce lithium ion batteries, it garners far more revenue today for its fuel systems and expects to do so for some time in the future. Speaking to Automoblie, Dr. Johannes-Joerg Rueger, the senior VP of diesel engineering at Robert ... Read more →

BMW confirms fall launch for U.S. diesels, racing to beat Mercedes Sam Abuelsamid

Back in January BMW made the big announcement that it would finally introduce modern clean diesel engines to the U.S. market. At the time the Bavarian manufacturer told us that the new 335d and X5 ...

J.D. Power: Hybrids losing popularity to diesels Sam Abuelsamid

It looks like consumers are starting to come to the realization that although hybrid vehicles have the potential to provide big increases in fuel efficiency, that improvement is not universal ...

Diesel invasion coming to the US in 2010 Xavier Navarro

Good news for diesel lovers in the US: In around 2010, GM, Toyota, Honda, BMW, the Chrysler group, Nissan, Audi and others will offer diesel engines in cars and SUVs. The exception will be Ford, which ...

Saturn Astra may get a diesel option sometime after introduction Sam Abuelsamid

When the new Astra goes on sale at Saturn dealers this fall it will initially only have 1.8L gasoline engines available but it may not stay that way. A lot of the Astras on the road in Europe are ...


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