Is the diesel going to end up going the way of the dinosaur?

Well in fully HD trucks and commercial vehicles. I believe they will go the way trains have already gone. To a diesel/electric hybrid. That is till battery tech and charge infrastructure grows.

RobertRyan wrote:

John & Angela wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

JIMNLIN wrote:
A tread about "Is the diesel going to end up going the way of the dinosaur?" and a hijack to a anti gov bash thread.

Anywayz....JMO but the diesel is here to stay. Gazz engine makers has had decades to develop new gen clean burn engine technology. Diesel has just begun.

Not slowing down at all outside the US, new diesels and technology every time you look

I don't know. Europe is getting pretty strict on them. Some cities have timelines to eliminate them completely. Some countries as well although really that is not just a diesel thing but any internal combustion engine.

No, not really. If you said ICE engines yes some cities, Paris specifically want to ban all ICE engines. They have at times something similar in to LA. In weather conditions. As far as Diesel engines generally , new generation of Diesels are appearing.
Bentley has just announced a 4 litre 429hp 626lbs ft of torque Diesel for the new SUV. Mercedes similarly for it's new AWD sedan, that was recently shown at the Detroit Show
Jaguar has its own straight six 400hp Diesel being introduced.
400hp ingenium straight six Diesel

Yah they definitely have their uses. I just think that within a decade the market will be smaller for them as a result of the market for any thermic (ice) engine being smaller. The big market will be the developing world but European and North American markets will definitely see a decrease in market share for any car that burns any kind of fuel. Within two decades I would think the majority if not all personal vehicles will be zero emission and probably out of choice, not out of regulation. Even now, kinda hard to go back to an oil burner when you have driven an electric vehicle for awhile.

JMHO

John & Angela wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

JIMNLIN wrote:
A tread about "Is the diesel going to end up going the way of the dinosaur?" and a hijack to a anti gov bash thread.

Anywayz....JMO but the diesel is here to stay. Gazz engine makers has had decades to develop new gen clean burn engine technology. Diesel has just begun.

Not slowing down at all outside the US, new diesels and technology every time you look

I don't know. Europe is getting pretty strict on them. Some cities have timelines to eliminate them completely. Some countries as well although really that is not just a diesel thing but any internal combustion engine.

No, not really. If you said ICE engines yes some cities, Paris specifically want to ban all ICE engines. They have at times something similar in to LA. In weather conditions. As far as Diesel engines generally , new generation of Diesels are appearing.
Bentley has just announced a 4 litre 429hp 626lbs ft of torque Diesel for the new SUV. Mercedes similarly for it's new AWD sedan, that was recently shown at the Detroit Show
Jaguar has its own straight six 400hp Diesel being introduced.
400hp ingenium straight six Diesel

RobertRyan wrote:

JIMNLIN wrote:
A tread about "Is the diesel going to end up going the way of the dinosaur?" and a hijack to a anti gov bash thread.

Anywayz....JMO but the diesel is here to stay. Gazz engine makers has had decades to develop new gen clean burn engine technology. Diesel has just begun.

Not slowing down at all outside the US, new diesels and technology every time you look

I don't know. Europe is getting pretty strict on them. Some cities have timelines to eliminate them completely. Some countries as well although really that is not just a diesel thing but any internal combustion engine.

JIMNLIN wrote:
A tread about "Is the diesel going to end up going the way of the dinosaur?" and a hijack to a anti gov bash thread.

Anywayz....JMO but the diesel is here to stay. Gazz engine makers has had decades to develop new gen clean burn engine technology. Diesel has just begun.

Not slowing down at all outside the US, new diesels and technology every time you look

boshog wrote:
What makes you think we are going backwards? Because Trump is going to get rid of the redundant regulations? He made it perfectly clear the environment is important and announce in simple plain english he is an environmentalist yesterday when meeting with the automakers.

Let's not turn this thread into a hate thread, enough of that on social media.

Tell me about it. I hear this every time there is a new president. If it is a Republican, then every far left nut job is going to talk as if the sky is falling and that the president is a " insert label here "(i.e. stupid,fascist, war monger, misogynist) here to take your entitlements away. If it is a Democrat, then the far right night jobs are going to talk as if the sky is falling and that they are going to take all your guns from you making us drive electric cars everywhere. One would think that after going through a few presidents, that people would start to see that they are just doing it to play on peoples fear(or ignorance) in order to make them oppose the other side even more making working with each other for the greater good impossible.

What makes you think we are going backwards? Because Trump is going to get rid of the redundant regulations? He made it perfectly clear the environment is important and announce in simple plain english he is an environmentalist yesterday when meeting with the automakers.

Let's not turn this thread into a hate thread, enough of that on social media.

ShinerBock wrote:

NJRVer wrote:


So when that damned up mining water broke free that was the EPA's fault, and not the fact that the mining company caused all that pollution to begin with, took their profits, and then split leaving the taxpayers to pay for the cleanup. Geez where have I heard that story before?

The Gold King mine that contaminated the water has been abandoned since the 1920's, and was plugged by the Colorado DRMS. Then the EPA stepped in in 2015 and you know the rest.

Corporations have left behind messes for decades. Fracking is going to bite us someday and the companies pumping these chemicals into the ground will be long gone.

Clean drinkable water will become a very important issue, as we we race blackwards now!

NJRVer wrote:


So when that damned up mining water broke free that was the EPA's fault, and not the fact that the mining company caused all that pollution to begin with, took their profits, and then split leaving the taxpayers to pay for the cleanup. Geez where have I heard that story before?

The Gold King mine that contaminated the water has been abandoned since the 1920's, and was plugged by the Colorado DRMS. Then the EPA stepped in in 2015 and you know the rest.

Me Again wrote:


"inept fools in Government" now is top down.

Now? It has been for a long time.