GM, "clean diesel" and it's rebirth!

GM, "clean diesel" and it's rebirth!

Clean diesel technology has piqued my interest. Given the restructuring and so called "rebirth" of General Motors, I hope that clean diesel motors are in it's future. I would like to see an entirely new way of manufacturing and selling automobiles. We still have to have them even though I want MASSIVE investment in public transportation and we aren't ready for electric yet nationwide (the south west needs them yesterday!). In the mean time if Detroit is going to make fossil fuel vehicles, they need to be clean diesels, have limited models, and be cheap and small.

Clean diesel looks good. They are talking 70+mpg with fewer emissions than a Prius. That is a step in the right direction and GM needs to be all over this. Big time. The idea of building twenty GM models that change every year has got to go. They need to make an ultra small two seat commuter, a four seater hatchback, a minivan, and a small truck. Commercial vehicles are a different animal and will be dealt with in another post. These vehicles need to be made in America by Americans from recycled materials and be as green as possible. Top speed needs to be DRASTICALLY reduced so that the vehicles can be lighter and still be safe.

If GM wants to be the leader in 21st Century transportation technology they need to "reinvent the wheel" so to speak!