Rember That 5 Liter Cummins V8 Diesel For The Dodge Ram?
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From: San Jose, Calif.
Yes, it puzzles me, cause I live in the most stringent state for vehicle emissions/California/CARB-ruled, and VW sells it's diesel Jetta here without Urea injection.
By the way, I hope the next Governor of CA shuts-down CARB. CA would have no budget deficit after that.
CARB single-handedly has ruined our state.......Businesses are fleeing our state in droves......Our CARB fuel mixtures are the only ones we can purchase, even though EPA mixtures have been proven to be as clean burning, and even better.
Anyone remember the MTBE debacle that CARB rammed down the CA driver's throat?
By the way, I hope the next Governor of CA shuts-down CARB. CA would have no budget deficit after that.
CARB single-handedly has ruined our state.......Businesses are fleeing our state in droves......Our CARB fuel mixtures are the only ones we can purchase, even though EPA mixtures have been proven to be as clean burning, and even better.
Anyone remember the MTBE debacle that CARB rammed down the CA driver's throat?
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You have backwards, Europe's emission requirements for both gassers and diesels are more stringent than ours and always have been a few steps ahead.
The reason we don't have diesel passenger cars in the US is because they couldn't meet emissions requirements until ultra low sulfur diesel was required in 2007.
Europe has had ULSD for over a decade.
By the time ULSD was available in the US diesel prices increased and the economy started going in the crapper along with the auto manufacturers.
At this point they're struggling to survive let alone introduce new options.
The reason we don't have diesel passenger cars in the US is because they couldn't meet emissions requirements until ultra low sulfur diesel was required in 2007.
Europe has had ULSD for over a decade.
By the time ULSD was available in the US diesel prices increased and the economy started going in the crapper along with the auto manufacturers.
At this point they're struggling to survive let alone introduce new options.
And to say that we could not now sell cars with emission systems that are tougher than required is suspect, especially since they build vehicles such as the Dodge minivan, which gets 48 MPG in the European trim......
Someone is lying to one of us.....
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Market forces at work...
My wife is from Sweden and we travel to Europe every year or so. Diesel is about 3/4 the cost of gas there, because it's taxed at a lower rate- so you're paying like $6/gallon instead of $8. That, coupled with diesel's better fuel mileage, is why 50% of the cars over there run on diesel.
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