[geeks] electric cars

[Phil Brutsche]

velociraptor wrote:
> Alas, these diesels are not sold in the US, apparently due to the 
> poor quality of US diesel fuel.

Precisely.  The high sulfur content (up to 500ppm) has been the killer.

Incidentally that was fixed just last week ;) Fuel quality is much
higher with my latest tank of fuel: less smoke, pulls harder off the
line, etc.

Most of the really neat diesels will be showing up in as a late 2007 MY
or 2008 MY vehicle, dunno about Toyota though.

> So, it'd probably require a big importation hassle, whereas you can
> source and buy a new VW TDI engine and "fitment" kit for a Tacoma
> easily.

Yes, the government requires that imported vehicles be altered to meet
US regulations. Depending on the vehicle it can cost tens of thousands of $

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Phil Brutsche
phil at tux.obix.com