U.S. market pumped and primed for clean diesel.(TOP OF THE NEWS)(Survey)(Brief article)

National Petroleum News, November, 2008

An overwhelming majority of Americans-86 percent--say the next vehicle they buy will be more fuel-efficient. The reasons have as much to do with concerns about dependence on oil as pocketbook concerns, a survey released by the Diesel Technology Forum (Washington, D.C.) found.

The forum released the survey with a study of the environmental and economic benefits of diesel vehicles as leading automakers over the next year prepare to launch more than a dozen new clean-diesel car and truck models that meet the world's strictest clean ...