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VW May Partner with ORNL on Diesels
21 August 2008
Chattanooga Times Free Press. Volkswagen, which is building a $1-billion assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, may work with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) on future research projects, especially ones related to diesel engines.
“There hasn’t been a lot of passenger diesel autos in the US, but because of energy efficiency that’s something that will become more important,” said Thom Mason, who took over the lab about a year ago...“We’re certainly very interested,” Dr. Mason said about tie-ins with VW.
Jill Bratina, a Volkswagen spokeswoman, said VW officials already have had talks to discuss opportunities with ORNL. “In terms of partnerships, we’re just starting that conversation,” she said. “There is a lot of fantastic research going on there.”
Volkswagen’s new Tier 2 Bin 5 Jetta TDI diesels are now in VW showrooms.
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Posted by: ejj | August 21, 2008 at 08:57 AM
Was it ORNL or Argonn that recently made announcements about advances in a platinum-free three way cat and a novel ceramic lean NOx trap?
IMO, VW would do well to reduce their engine lineup exclusively to the 2.0L TDI and the 2.0L TFSI. That 2.5 I5 is a piece of crap and the VR6 just isn't compelling enough for the engineering, effort, and expense that goes into it. I suppose the gasoline V8 and diesel V10 are essentially "free" courtesy of sister co. Audi.
Having two engines of identical displacement, it might be possible for them to share the same (over engineered) block and perhaps even cylinder head. To differentiate the gasoline models, the base version could have a simple twin scroll turbo integrated into the manifold while a higher end model would have a larger VGT turbo.
Posted by: GreenPlease | August 21, 2008 at 11:04 AM
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I think the 2.0L TDI and 2.0L TFSI cannot share anything. The bores and strokes are different.
Posted by: Jorge | August 21, 2008 at 11:43 AM
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Argument by GM/Ford/Chrysler, who have no interest in large scale deployment of diesels for passenger cars: Tax dollars should not be used to give one automaker a competitive advantage!!! Ridiculous to me, but that is how I see this collaboration falling apart.