F600 going into production without diesel engine

If main target is local delivery, a diesel may not be first choice for some businesses. With major difference in cost, fuel savings etc, if these trucks never go more than 50-100 miles from warehouse etc,.......
With that said, some will do what I would call a long local distance useage, where a diesel makes sense if driven 50+k Mike's a year. Under this.....
Marty

And for a truck that can always fuel at the same place converting a spark fired engine to NG is pretty easy

The F600 is basically a F550 with a heavier suspension. Less expensive than the F650.

blt2ski wrote:
If main target is local delivery, a diesel may not be first choice for some businesses. With major difference in cost, fuel savings etc, if these trucks never go more than 50-100 miles from warehouse etc,.......
With that said, some will do what I would call a long local distance useage, where a diesel makes sense if driven 50+k Mike's a year.

JRscooby wrote:
And for a truck that can always fuel at the same place converting a spark fired engine to NG is pretty easy

I agree with the first statement, but probably not the second.

I worked in the CNG conversion business for a short time before the price of crude oil and gasoline dropped. CNG is still NOT cost effective, except maybe in a few cases. The tanks are very large and expensive.

In some areas LP can be cost effective IF you have a large fleet, have room for your own storage and fueling and can negotiate a yearly price on the fuel itself.

I bet it has a lot to do with the emissions certification of the class it is in. Same reasons why a lot of other diesels were late to market. The EPA's overly strict and ever changing diesel emissions regulations are making it harder to bring them to market. I bet the same will eventually happen to gasoline engine as more EV's come to market especially since nobody cares about these EPA regulations until it is too late and most just do as their told believing it is what is best for them without even verifying it.