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08-18-2007, 09:41 PM
Automaker's developed new methods of treating diesel exhaust and meeting California emissions standards. (http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070817/BUSINESS01/708170376)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2007_Nissan_Sentra.jpgAlan Ohnsman - Bloomberg News - Aug. 17, 2007
A 2012 Sentra powered by a 50-state compliant diesel?
LOS ANGELES - Nissan Motor Co. may make diesel autos widely available in the U.S. by 2012 models as the carmaker looks to add fuel-efficient vehicles that emit less carbon dioxide, its U.S. product development chief said.
Nissan this month said it developed methods to treat diesel exhaust and meet standards in California and other U.S. states that now bar them because of emissions. Europe, the largest market for diesel autos, will adopt rules closer to California's in 2012, making that the time to introduce such vehicles in the U.S., Nissan's Larry Dominique said.
"That's when it becomes more compelling, in terms of cost, to bring diesel to the U.S.," he said.
Nissan, Japan's third-largest automaker, is the latest to add diesel to technologies expected to help meet tougher U.S. fuel-economy and environmental rules. Honda Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and Volkswagen AG have said they will sell diesels clean enough for California, which has the world's toughest emissions standards.
California bars current diesels because they emit too much particulate matter, or soot, and gases linked to lung and heart disease. Diesel vehicles rival sales of gasoline models in Europe, where the fuel costs less, offers about a 30 percent fuel-economy boost and helps meet regional restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions … http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070817/BUSINESS01/708170376
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2007_Nissan_Sentra.jpgAlan Ohnsman - Bloomberg News - Aug. 17, 2007
A 2012 Sentra powered by a 50-state compliant diesel?
LOS ANGELES - Nissan Motor Co. may make diesel autos widely available in the U.S. by 2012 models as the carmaker looks to add fuel-efficient vehicles that emit less carbon dioxide, its U.S. product development chief said.
Nissan this month said it developed methods to treat diesel exhaust and meet standards in California and other U.S. states that now bar them because of emissions. Europe, the largest market for diesel autos, will adopt rules closer to California's in 2012, making that the time to introduce such vehicles in the U.S., Nissan's Larry Dominique said.
"That's when it becomes more compelling, in terms of cost, to bring diesel to the U.S.," he said.
Nissan, Japan's third-largest automaker, is the latest to add diesel to technologies expected to help meet tougher U.S. fuel-economy and environmental rules. Honda Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and Volkswagen AG have said they will sell diesels clean enough for California, which has the world's toughest emissions standards.
California bars current diesels because they emit too much particulate matter, or soot, and gases linked to lung and heart disease. Diesel vehicles rival sales of gasoline models in Europe, where the fuel costs less, offers about a 30 percent fuel-economy boost and helps meet regional restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions … http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070817/BUSINESS01/708170376