Ford Social: Diesel-Electric car in America

Diesel-Electric car in America

What I would like to see in America is a diesel-electric hybrid. I feel that this type of vehicle could bring great gas mileage and increase sales. There is a demand for diesel cars in America. There are people here that will only buy diesel and even go to the lengths of swapping diesel engines into their car. Currently there is only one company providing a couple of diesel cars here, Volkswagen. We need more options for diesel cars. As most already know, diesel engines are already very efficient. By using an electric motor in tandem with the diesel engine, the MPG's could be increased further. Please give America back the option to have diesel cars and further the incentive with the electric motor. From, Devon S.

By: Devon S.

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Michel JJA Riendeau Sure it should be a light truck hybrid diesel and electricity with a HHO generator drycell kit on the diesel motor and a vertical axis wind generator on the top and a recharging base equipped with a sophisticated wind generator of over 7500 watts and a saving loss power of 2500 watts sold only with authorized permit in the area where it never froze and/or with a customer who already own an interior heated garage.
9 months(s) ago via Ford Social

Darrell D As a current diesel owner, Jetta TDI, there are known problems with US diesel fuel quality in lightweight passenger applications. The high pressures required by modern Common Rail diesel engines to meet emissions requirements must have high quality fuel with specs the US does not always meet. The result of one bad fuel stop can by a $10,000 repair bill.
9 months(s) ago via Ford Social

Jake J I agree completely with Devon S. A diesel hybrid is definitely needed in the american market!!!
10 months(s) ago via Ford Social

Dennis T Great IDEA Devon. Need to increase MPG while we wait for Hydrogen tech to be affordable. I did a Bing search on 'electric motors' and Siemens came up. I was educated about the difference between 'Parallel Hybrid' and 'Serial Hybrid'. 'Parallel' uses the combustion engine exclusively to turn a transmission for power to the wheels: it only uses the electric drive motors to get the vehicle moving or sustain a low MPH. 'Serial Hybrid' uses electric motors "exclusively" to drive the vehicle and the combustion engine is used to drive a generator to power the electric motors and re-charge batteries. Diesel-Electric trains do this very well. The "combustion engine" could be a small power plant that uses fuel cell tech, or Natural Gas, or gasoline then engine size does not have to large. The electric motor has a lot of torque so it can handle any load or any application. Siemens has been around and produced electric motors since the late 1800s. Ford and Siemens could combine: Ford engines and vehicles with Siemens electric motors, controllers and other electronics to produce a planet loving vehicle product.
10 months(s) ago via Ford Social

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