Diesel Honda

July 31st, 2007 Alex

Although the Hybrid Accord did not do very well and Honda has stopped producing it, Honda hopes that a new diesel Honda will do better. The clean-diesel car is expected to be in the U.S. by 2010 and can get up to 62.8 miles a gallon. The main advantage of a diesel car is that it can have a lot more power. In the 90s, California passed strict emission controls that restricted the amount of sulfur that a car can emit and as a result, most diesel manufacturers basically stopped promoting diesel cars to California and the rest of the U.S. Diesel cars have been the majority of automobiles in Europe because they are more fuel efficient and they have less stricter emission regulations. With the new diesel cars that are coming out, we may see more diesel cars in the U.S. The newer diesel engines have a two-layer catalytic converter that turns nitrogen oxide from diesel exhaust before it is sent to the atmosphere.  Daimler-Chrysler and BMW both have some very fuel efficient models and may also release a diesel model in the U.S. soon as well. Daimler-Chrysler plans on releasing their next generation diesel engine in its 2008 Volkswagen lineup. There are many alternatives to using gasoline as I have mentioned here and with the rise in gas prices, manufacturers will be looking into producing the second best choice of fuel in cars. We will definitely see a difference in 10 years regarding what kind of fuel, automobiles will be using. Gasoline will probably not go away anytime soon, but we will definitely see other fuel alternatives take a market share of the automobile industry.

via News.com

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