WHO: Diesel exhaust can cause cancer

ByJeffrey Friedland:I must admit that I've been looking at China Yuchai International Limited (CYD) for quite some time. I've been enthralled with the company, and despite its significant decrease in revenue and net income for the second quarter of this year, I haven't lost my enthusiasm for it.

Delphi is developing an engine fuel injection technology that could improve the fuel economy of gas-powered cars by 50 percent, potentially rivalling the performance of hybrid vehicles at less cost.

PARIS (Reuters) - PSA Peugeot Citroen and Ford will phase out their cooperation in some diesel engines, the companies said on Thursday. "The two companies have decided to independently develop and manufacture their larger diesel engines," Paris-based Peugeot said in a joint statement with the U.S. car maker. Announcing plans in February for a broad-based alliance with Ford's Detroit-based rival General Motors , Peugeot had said the tie-up would not affect existing partnerships including joint diesel-engine production with Ford. ...

I HAVE to say, I almost feel bad for the New Yorker's John Cassidy, who is currently being skewered by much of the blogosphere for writing a profoundly wrongheaded blog post bashing New York City's bike lanes.

By MetalMiner: By Stuart Burns It is logical, I suppose, that General Motors (GM) should invest its R&D dollars in India when developing a range of small, more efficient diesel engines. (Diesels have never caught on in the U.S. in the same way they have in much of the rest of the world.)

Avery Goodman submits: A lot of car makers recently released sales figures. Most of the numbers were not very good; this has been attributed to supply disruptions due to the big earthquake in Japan, as well as a slowing of the economy. Nevertheless, they tended to be better than the dismal numbers that were expected. In one little-noticed area, however, sales were soaring. Diesel engine sales in the United States are taking off at a rate far above expert predictions.

Petrol cars release more CO2 than diesel cars; that fact is fairly well known, and can actually play a large part in the reason why some people decide to buy diesel vehicles over petrol ones.

Ford and Peugeot said they will separately build larger diesel engines for automobiles to meet 2014 European air-quality regulations while continuing a small-engine venture.