I stumbled on Planet Ark while searching for the Reuters article on Subaru’s Diesel rumor.
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I won’t be pasting them anymore :(
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I worry that this is some wires crossed version of the News Release @ FHI that mentions a partnership with German Diesel Engine Manufacturer Motorenfabrik HATZ GmbH.
The Robin Brand engines are nothing more then generators in the classic sense.
Straight from AFP News on Yahoo! Finance
Wednesday July 7, 01:06 AM
Japan’s Fuji Heavy to develop diesel engine for cars in Europe, China - report
TOKYO (AFX-ASIA) - Japan’s Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd, maker of Subaru brand cars, is gearing up to develop its first diesel engine and plans to start selling cars equipped with the new motor in Europe in around 2008, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, without citing sources.
In addition to boosting business in Europe, where diesel-powered vehicles are very popular because of their high fuel economy and lower carbon dioxide emissions, the automaker hopes the engine will also help to increase sales in China, the business daily said.
Diesel vehicles are forecast to account for more than 50 pct of new car sales in Europe in 2005, following the European Union’s implementation of a tough emission control regulation, the Nikkei (news) said.
Sales of diesel cars are also expected to rise in China because the government there announced in early June that these and hybrid models will be at the core of its automobile environmental technology policy, the report added.
Fuji Heavy sold around 580,000 cars worldwide in the past year to March, 80 pct in Japan and North America. The company considers raising sales in Europe from about 50,000 units in fiscal 2003 and increasing business in China as key to its expansion, the report said.
A Fuji Heavy factory in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, is expected to make the 2-liter engine. About 30,000 diesel engines are expected to be made annually, for use in Subaru’s Legacy, Forester and Impreza series of cars.
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I seem to have the “July Blahs”, something that has dogged me in the past years, mostly before a summer vacation. This year, the vacation is already past and yet somehow it seems worse. The city is humid, hot, noisy and work keeps me trapped inside heavy AC zone.
So far I have used online games ( EVE & CoH ) to dull the brain and a good hit from my iPod, which reminds me how long I have not listened to music on the go.