Future fuel trends discussed

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Posted: Aug. 4, 2010
TRAVERSE CITY NOTEBOOK

GM favors ethanol; others back diesel

TRAVERSE CITY -- During the 2010 Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars on Tuesday, auto executives debated which technologies to boost fuel efficiency will catch on in the short term.

Barb Samardzich, Ford's vice president of powertrain engineering, said internal-combustion engines will dominate for the foreseeable future.

Diesel still debatable
Johannes-Joerg Rueger, senior vice president of mega-supplier Robert Bosch, said the adoption rate of diesel engines offered by Volkswagen and Audi in the U.S. shows that there is an opportunity for more diesel sales in the U.S.

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