FCA(Marchionne) says diesel is dead
Doesn't look good for those of us who like diesels. Sounds like the pollution controls are killing it. Article
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Cummins12V98 wrote:Me Again wrote:
The next Cummins version in a RAM truck is going to have all emission stuff post engine. This engine will be in the 2020 trucks or maybe a little earlier.
True DAT, I spoke to a Lady at the Cummins plant that was working on the project in 2016. She had the "Cat that ate the Canary" look on her face when she spoke to me about it! She said it was to debut in the 2019 model year. This would align with the Cummins 100 year anniversary and the 30 year Cummins/RAM relationship.
Stage 5 emissions is old news from cummins that will be released 2019, but that hasn't stopped many from converting to gas. UPS trucks continue to switch from diesel to natural gas engines which cummins also provides. At work I haven't heard a cummins diesel powered UPS for quite some time now. And yes Macaroni is right the trend to gas continues. A oil/gas service company that services some of our wells just completed converting their ram diesel trucks to gas hemi trucks because of the repair costs and downtime.
Stage 5 Emissions
