GM Diesel Development Center sold to European Interests

[RobertRyan]

Well it looks like GM Centre that developed the 3 litre Diesel for the Silverado , has been sold to the Belgian Punch Group, who wanted to buy Holden in 2016 but was rejected.

"Now we’ll turn our attention back to the Old Continent, namely to the city of Turin in Italy. The Big G is running an engineering center there – General Motors Propulsion Systems, which was formerly known as GM Powertrain Europe. This is the place where the U.S. manufacturer researched and developed the 1.6- and 3.0-liter turbo diesels powering the North American versions of the Chevrolet Equinox, Silverado 1500 pickup truck, as well as the all-new 2021 Cadillac Escalade.

General Motors’ employees in Turin will soon work for the Punch Group, which has acquired the company for an undisclosed amount of euros. "

[Yosemite_Sam1]

GM is seeing the writing on the wall.

There are several countries banning diesel cars on cities.

[Lwiddis]

Is GM giving up on future diesels? This would let them fully concentrate on electric power.