Diesel Industry News

From the Editor's Desk

This week's front page is a bit different. Instead of a workshop or a bowser, the story is us: Diesel Industry News now has its own address on the web, dieselindustrynews.com, after five weeks building from a fortnightly pilot for Berrima Diesel Service customers into a weekly worldwide brief covering every desk from Berrima to Bangladesh. On the diesel-hybrid front, Chery's Stockman keeps building real pre-order numbers ahead of its Australian launch, and GM has finally put full numbers on its clean-sheet Mongoose diesel V8. No em dashes were harmed in the making of this edition. Bob, Editor.

Stop Press: the last 48 hours

Trump administration finalises deep cut to US car fuel economy standards, effective Monday

The US Department of Transportation is finalising new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards that scrap Biden-era efficiency targets. Instead of 8 to 10 per cent annual efficiency gains, automakers will only need to hit increases of 0.25 to 0.5 per cent a year, dropping the 2031 fleet target from 50.4mpg to 34.5mpg.

Reuters (via Denver Gazette) · 27-28 September 2026

White House weighs tax break on red-dyed diesel to fight record US pump prices

Bloomberg reports the White House is considering a range of options to bring down record US diesel costs, including suspending the federal diesel excise tax and loosening restrictions on red-dyed, off-road, tax-exempt diesel so more of it can legally reach farmers and other users. Other options on the table include a short-term ban on diesel exports, which Trump has publicly backed, and voluntary export limits, which Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the administration is negotiating directly with refiners.

Bloomberg (news wire · 28 September 2026 (follows a 25 September Bloomberg piece opening the story)

Pakistan's new Hangor class submarine fires its first live anti ship missile

Pakistan Navy's newest submarine, PNS/M Hangor, carried out its first live weapon firing on 27 September, launching an anti ship cruise missile at a long range target in the North Arabian Sea and scoring a direct hit. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf watched the test, according to a Radio Pakistan and Inter Services Public Relations statement.

Radio Pakistan · 27 September 2026

Diesel nears record 2.20 euro a litre as Irish fuel protest leaders meet again ahead of budget decision

Leaders of the group behind Ireland's April fuel blockades held a fresh public meeting in Moate, Co Westmeath on Sunday 27 September, two days after buying a table at a Fine Gael event to lobby Tanaiste Simon Harris directly. Organiser Sunny Boyde said the group wants "action", not a return to nationwide road blockades, for now.

The Irish Times · 22 to 27 September 2026

Diesel Industry News gets its own home on the web

Artwork: Diesel Industry News

Front Cover · A Diesel Newsroom Finds a Permanent Address

Diesel Industry News gets its own home on the web

Why it matters: For readers, it means back issues, corrections and the full worldwide brief now live in one place you can bookmark, instead of scattered across old emails and social feeds. It also means a small regional workshop in Berrima, NSW now runs a diesel-industry title with its own front door.

Diesel Industry News started life in late August as a fortnightly pilot, a way for Berrima Diesel Service to keep its own customers up to date on the diesel world beyond the workshop. Five weeks and four issues later, the paper went weekly, built a worldwide newsroom running eight desks from Australia to Zimbabwe, and this week moved into a permanent home at dieselindustrynews.com. Every story in this paper is still verified against a primary source before it runs, proposed law is still labelled separately from final law, and the ownership stays out in the open: Diesel Industry News is proudly brought to you by Berrima Diesel Service, on the tools and educating generations since 1956. Readers can now find every back issue, the worldwide brand index in progress, and this week's book at the one address. Nothing about the verification standard changes: it just has a proper letterbox now.

Source: Diesel Industry News editorial · 30 September 2026 · Launch confirmed by publisher Andrew Leimroth, Berrima Diesel Service.

Desk 1 Australia & New Zealand The Home Desk

Image: Chery Motor Australia

Chery's diesel plug-in hybrid ute demand doubles ahead of Q4 launch

Why it matters: This is the Australian market's first diesel plug-in hybrid dual-cab, and rising pre-order numbers show real appetite for diesel-hybrid grunt over the petrol-based Shark 6 and Ranger PHEV crowd, right as diesel prices bite.

Chery says interest in its Stockman diesel plug-in hybrid ute has roughly doubled in two months, with pre-orders now pushing 2000 and registrations of interest sitting just under 10,000. Chery Motor Australia's COO Lucas Harris said dealers are fielding a steady stream of walk-ins, though these are informal deposits for now. Formal online pre-orders with launch incentives open October 1. The Stockman pairs a 2.5-litre turbo-diesel with an electric motor for a combined 350kW and 800Nm, plus up to 100km of electric-only range on the NEDC cycle. It'll tow 3500kg braked and is aimed squarely at the BYD Shark 6 and GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV, but with diesel instead of petrol under the bonnet. Full pricing lands closer to the Q4 launch.

PHEV · PHEV (plugs in, 100km NEDC electric-only range claimed, 2.5L turbo-diesel engine, confirmed against Chery Motor Australia's own model page)

Source: carsales.com.au · 22 September 2026

Image: GWM Australia

GWM's new AdBlue-free diesel lands in Cannon Alpha and Tank 500 as boss bets big on diesel demand

Why it matters: GWM has just started handing over a new non-hybrid 3.0-litre turbo-diesel in two of its biggest sellers, and its Australian boss says diesel still makes up 70-75 per cent of the ute and body-on-frame SUV market, a pointed argument for sticking with diesel even as the brand pushes plug-in hybrids elsewhere in the same models.

GWM's new 3.0-litre turbo-diesel, a Bosch common-rail four-cylinder making 170kW and 620Nm, has started reaching Cannon Alpha and Tank 500 buyers this month after its August reveal. It doesn't need AdBlue, a point GWM is keen to push against rivals. Speaking to press this week, GWM Australia and New Zealand COO John Kett said diesel remains critical to hitting the brand's target of a top-five sales spot by 2027, needing roughly 1,500 monthly ute sales. "The market is shifting towards plug-in hybrid... but when we think about diesel, it's still 70, 75 per cent of the market," Kett said. A 4.0-litre V8 diesel is confirmed for the Tank 700 next year as a halo model rather than a volume seller.

Source: CarExpert · 23 September 2026

Image: Australian Institute of Petroleum, Australia (small 214x300px thumbnail from AIP's Weekly Diesel Prices Report cover, week ending 20 Sep 2026)

Diesel pushes past $2.85 a litre nationally as Middle East conflict keeps squeezing bowsers

Why it matters: This is the Australian side of the diesel price story tracked since the US record high on 21 September: local diesel is now running well ahead of petrol, hitting freight, farming and trades operators hardest.

Diesel is now the most painful line item at the pump. NRMA figures put Sydney diesel at 286.1 cents a litre on 22 September, up 24.1 cents in a week, with regional NSW close behind. Carsales reported a national median of $2.88 a litre the same day, with Melbourne bowsers seen as high as $3.29. The trigger is the same one hitting US drivers: fighting around the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea, which between them carry roughly a fifth of the world's oil and LNG trade. NRMA's Peter Khoury said a recent pullback in Brent crude, from $110 to $98 a barrel, could bring "a bit of relief at the bowser" if it holds, but reserves sit at just 31 days.

Source: ABC News · 23 September 2026

Coalition's automatic fuel excise "shield" wins trucking industry backing as diesel tops $2.87 a litre

Why it matters: If adopted, this would be the first AU-specific policy mechanism directly tied to the Middle East-driven diesel spike, cutting the heavy vehicle road user charge to zero and halving excise the moment Brent crude sits above US$100 a barrel for a fortnight. It matters to every fleet operator and farmer watching fuel costs eat into margins this harvest.

The federal Coalition has unveiled a "Fuel Price Shield" that would automatically halve fuel excise and zero out the 32.4 cent heavy vehicle road user charge whenever Brent crude averages above US$100 a barrel for two straight weeks. Opposition leader Angus Taylor says the trigger removes the guesswork for households and operators when prices spike, while shadow transport minister Bridget McKenzie points out truckies "cannot simply stop driving when oil prices spike." The Australian Trucking Association has publicly backed the plan, with chair Mark Parry saying operators need certainty, not a scramble for support after the fact. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rejected it as "uncapped and unfunded."

Source: Liberal Party of Australia · 20-21 September 2026 (policy announcement and ATA response); ACCC price data 24 September 2026

Image: All Purpose Transport (own fleet page)

Truckies warn businesses are folding as Canberra refuses to revive diesel excise cut

Why it matters: It's the sharpest sign yet that diesel prices are hitting real trucking businesses, not just headline pump numbers, and it puts the federal government at odds with an industry demanding the old excise relief back.

Trucking bosses say diesel at $2.86 a litre is tipping small operators under, and they want Canberra to bring back the fuel excise cut it dropped once the US-Iran war eased. All Purpose Transport chief Paul Kahlert, whose business employs more than 400 people, says younger generations are watching their parents struggle and wondering if the business is worth inheriting. Queensland Trucking Association boss Gary Mahon says multi-generation firms are being sold off as members run out of road financing the fuel hikes. Energy Minister Chris Bowen isn't shifting, saying the earlier 32 cent a litre relief was always meant to be temporary. Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says the government's focus has moved to permanent, tax-based relief instead.

Source: AAP wire via The New Daily · 25-26 September 2026

Desk 2 Road Vehicles & Performance Worldwide

Image: General Motors (Chevrolet/GMC), USA

GM names its next-gen HD diesel "Mongoose", an all-new 8.3-litre Duramax V8

Why it matters: This replaces the L5P that has powered Chevrolet/GMC heavy-duty diesel pickups since 2020, and confirms both the name and displacement for the first time, a direct shot at Ford's coming Super Duty diesel.

General Motors has confirmed the codename and headline spec of its next heavy-duty diesel: an all-new 8.3-litre turbo-diesel V8, nicknamed "Mongoose" internally and badged Duramax L6P in GM's own fleet order guide. It lands in the 2027 Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD (2500 and 3500 models), paired with Allison-branded 10-speed automatics, replacing the L5P. GM's teaser is long on branding, "built to dominate", and short on numbers: no horsepower or torque figures released yet, with GM saying only "Chevy and GMC will have more to share soon." The order guide itself had already listed the L6P as an available option before this public confirmation.

Source: GM News · 21 September 2026

Ford Australia kills off the diesel Tourneo, hands the people-mover job to a petrol PHEV

Why it matters: Another diesel nameplate goes extinct in a developed market, this time explicitly because of Australia's New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, a preview of pressure other diesel vans and people-movers will face.

Ford Australia is dropping the diesel Tourneo people-mover entirely, replacing it from the 2027.25 model year with a plug-in hybrid built around a naturally aspirated 2.5-litre Duratec petrol engine, an electric motor and an 11.8kWh usable battery. The outgoing 2.0-litre turbo-diesel made 125kW and 390Nm with a 2,500kg braked towing limit. The PHEV makes a combined 171kW, claims up to 51km of electric-only range, but drops braked towing to an expected 1,850kg. Pricing rises only modestly, up about $2,250 over the equivalent diesel, with Active from $73,340 and Titanium X from $76,840 plus on-road costs. Ford cited NVES compliance, customer demand and the wider shift to electrified vans.

Source: GoAuto (citing Ford Australia) · 22 September 2026

Desk 3 Trucking, Agriculture & Heavy Industry Worldwide

Image: The White House, USA (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok, 22 September 2026; from Trump's UN General Assembly appearance that day, not the diesel remarks specifically, but same event/date)

Trump backs diesel export ban as US pump price hits record $6.53, farm and trucking lobbies split

Why it matters: A ban on US diesel exports would be the biggest direct government intervention in diesel supply this year, pushed specifically in the name of truckers and farmers. Whatever Washington decides will move global diesel pricing, the single biggest input cost for both sectors right now.

President Trump said on 22 September he has "called for" a ban on US diesel exports, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirming the administration is examining whether a full or partial ban is workable. The push follows weeks of lobbying from farm-state Republicans, Iowa's Senator Chuck Grassley among them, who say record diesel prices are gutting farm income during harvest and squeezing trucking margins. US on-highway diesel hit $6.529 a gallon on 21 September, up nearly $2.78 on a year ago, driven by Ukrainian strikes on Russian refining capacity and Houthi attacks on Saudi pipeline and refinery infrastructure. Refiners oppose a ban, warning it would cut domestic output and push prices higher, not lower.

Source: CNBC · 22 September 2026 (EIA price data dated 21 September 2026)

Image: US Department of Energy (official portrait, Secretary Chris Wright)

White House walks back diesel export ban talk after price-shock backlash

Why it matters: Updates the already-filed story above. Within 24 hours of Trump backing an export ban, the administration was denying it, a real reversal that matters for anyone in trucking, farming or construction trying to plan around fuel supply.

A day after reports that Trump was weighing a 90-day ban on US diesel exports to fight record pump prices, the White House pushed back hard. Politico had reported the administration was drafting the plan; Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters "nobody is considering a flat ban on shipments of the fuel," saying the real focus is "the most efficient way to get more diesel into the United States" while keeping gasoline and jet fuel flowing. Reuters reported multiple cabinet members, including Treasury, privately opposed a ban, and S&P Global analysts warned a full ban could cut US refinery output by up to 10 per cent. European diesel prices reportedly jumped 7 per cent on the initial ban report alone, underlining how tightly linked the two markets are right now.

Source: Reuters via Investing.com · 23 September 2026

Image: First Quantum Minerals, Zambia (supplied to Mining.com)

First Quantum patents trolley-assist tech that cuts mine-truck diesel use by up to 90% uphill

Why it matters: This is a working, patented system already cutting real diesel volumes at scale (nearly 500,000km of trolley-assisted haulage in 2025) rather than a lab concept, and it's a template other miners chasing lower fuel bills and emissions targets can license or copy.

First Quantum Minerals has secured a UK patent and trademark for Quantum Electra-Haul, its trolley-assist system for mine haul trucks. Trucks fitted with pantographs connect to overhead electrical lines while climbing loaded out of open pits, with electric wheel motors taking over from the diesel engine at the point of highest fuel burn. The Canadian miner has spent 14 years developing the system, has over 15km of trolley infrastructure across its three biggest operations, and says it saved roughly 45,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions at its Zambian mines in 2025. Trucks also gain about two minutes per trolley-assisted stretch from faster climbing. First Quantum has worked with Liebherr, Hitachi and Komatsu on the hardware since 2011, and in April commissioned what it calls the world's first ultra-large battery-electric mining truck, a Hitachi EH4000, at its Kansanshi mine.

Source: Mining.com · 16 September 2026 (UK patent granted "this summer" 2026)

Desk 4 Marine, Rail, Defence & Power Worldwide

Image: Navantia, Spain

Navantia names Spain's ABB-powered submarine rescue ship Poseidón

Why it matters: Genuine movement on a long-running follow-up: the diesel-electric Poseidón, running on ABB's Onboard DC Grid, has gone from float-out to formal naming in the space of a week.

Navantia's Puerto Real yard held the naming ceremony for the BAM-IS submarine rescue ship A-21 Poseidón on 18 September, days after its float-out. The vessel, sponsored by Spain's first underwater archaeologist María Dolores Higueras Rodríguez, is built around ABB's Onboard DC Grid: a diesel-electric power and distribution system with battery support to handle peak loads during rescue work, plus high redundancy for the kind of fault tolerance a rescue ship can't do without. Poseidón can deploy a submarine rescue vehicle and ROVs to 3,000 metres and holds MOSHIP certification for NATO submarine rescue operations. Delivery to the Armada follows.

Source: Naval News · 18 September 2026

Image: Damen Netherlands

Dutch-Belgian anti-submarine frigate programme slips again, first ship now due 2033

Why it matters: The ASWF programme is the backbone of both navies' future submarine-hunting force and runs on an all-diesel CODLAD propulsion train from MAN. An eight-year slip from the original 2025 target is a serious black mark for Damen's naval build pipeline and for NATO's North Sea ASW posture.

The Dutch Ministry of Defence has told parliament the first Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF) will not arrive until 2033, three years later than the 2029/30 date set after an earlier delay and eight years past the original 2025 goal. The letter, dated 18 September, blames a hull redesign needed to fix stability margins while keeping room for future upgrades. Detailed engineering only started this month. Belgium, partnered on the four-plus-three-ship Damen-built class, is now openly weighing alternatives while bilateral talks continue into 2026. Dutch officials are also looking at whether industrial capacity freed up by Germany's cancelled F126 frigate programme could help. The ships use MAN diesel engines and diesel-electric gensets through RENK gearboxes.

Source: Naval News · 26 September 2026

Desk 5 Technology, Fuels & the Future Worldwide · the diesel-hybrid desk

Image: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines / Japan Engine Corporation, Japan

World-first liquid-hydrogen main engine for ocean ships clears factory testing

Why it matters: This is a full-scale, low-speed two-stroke engine meant for actual deep-sea vessels, not a coastal demo. If it holds up at sea, it's a direct hydrogen-combustion rival to marine diesel on long-haul shipping, the hardest segment to decarbonise.

A Japanese consortium, Japan Engine Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Yanmar Power Solutions, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), MOL Drybulk, Onomichi Dockyard and class society ClassNK, has completed land-based testing of the 6UEC35LSGH, described as the world's first hydrogen-fuelled engine built for large commercial ships. Backed by Japan's NEDO Green Innovation Fund, the engine hit a hydrogen co-firing rate above 95 percent at full load, cutting greenhouse gas emissions more than 95 percent against a conventional heavy-fuel-oil engine of the same class. It uses high-pressure direct injection with double-walled piping to guard against leaks. Next stop: installation aboard a 17,500-DWT multi-purpose vessel from January 2027, then sea trials and a three-year demonstration voyage programme from FY2028.

Source: Japan Engine Corporation press release · 18 September 2026 (press release); unveiling 7 September 2026; widely reported 22 September 2026

Image: MissionH24 press kit

Toyota Racing to supply hydrogen combustion V6 for MissionH24's Le Mans hydrogen prototype

Why it matters: A genuine hydrogen-combustion engine deal, not a fuel cell, aimed squarely at endurance racing's 2030 hydrogen class. It's Toyota putting its hydrogen-ICE programme into a real hybrid drivetrain outside Japan's Super Taikyu series, the clearest sign yet the tech is maturing beyond a domestic PR exercise.

Toyota Racing will supply a 3.5-litre V6 hydrogen combustion engine for MissionH24's H24EVO prototype, stepping up a partnership that previously covered only cooling and aerodynamics. Paired with the prototype's hybrid drive system, built around Fortescue Zero components, combined output is 650kW, enough to push the car from LMGT3-level pace toward European Le Mans Series-level performance. The engine runs on liquid hydrogen. The deal was announced at Fuji Speedway on 26 September, with ACO president Pierre Fillon, Toyota Racing vice-chairman Kazuki Nakajima and H24Project CEO Jean-Michel Bouresche all speaking. Integration work is underway now, with a public unveiling targeted for Le Mans 2028 and track testing from February-March 2028. The FIA WEC hydrogen class itself isn't due to start until 2030.

Source: MissionH24 · 26 September 2026

Desk 6 Exhibitions & Trade Fairs Worldwide

Image: Mercedes-Benz Trucks / Daimler Truck AG, Germany

Mercedes-Benz Trucks unveils "Powerliner" diesel driveline, claims 4% fuel cut

Why it matters: While rivals leaned hard into battery and hydrogen news at IAA, Daimler Truck used the show to double down on combustion, betting a new integrated engine-transmission-axle package can keep diesel competitive into the early 2030s.

Mercedes-Benz Trucks used IAA Transportation 2026 to launch the "Powerliner", a new driveline generation built around updated OM470 (10.7 litre) and OM471 (12.8 litre) diesel engines paired with new G-series transmissions and axles. The firm claims up to 4% lower fuel use versus a comparably equipped predecessor on an Actros L 4x2 benchmark, achieved through coordinated "downspeeding" that lowers cruising engine revs. The OM471 gets a new peak output of 400 kW (550 hp) and 2,800 Nm of torque. Both engines meet Euro VIe and are certified for EN15940 XtL paraffinic fuel. Production starts April 2027, with Daimler Buses also getting the driveline.

Source: Daimler Truck AG newsroom · Press release 13 Sept 2026; IAA Transportation ran 15-20 Sept 2026, Hannover.

Image: Anadolu Isuzu, Turkey

Anadolu Isuzu's Grand Toro XL named 2026 Minibus of the Year in Spain, diesel and hybrid range shown at FIAA Madrid

Why it matters: A Turkish manufacturer picking up a national vehicle-of-the-year award at a major European bus and coach fair, while still leaning on diesel and hybrid drivetrains alongside its electric line-up, shows conventional diesel product is far from dead in the coach segment even as European shows tilt toward EVs.

Anadolu Isuzu showed four models at FIAA 2026, the International Bus and Coach Trade Fair in Madrid (22-24 September), and left with a trophy: the 9.3-metre Grand Toro XL was named Spain's "2026 Minibus of the Year." The diesel-powered Grand Toro Shuttle Bus, an 8.5-metre, 32-seat model built for tourism and airport transfer work, ran a 205 PS engine paired with an Allison automatic gearbox. Sitting alongside it on the stand was the new Kendo Hybrid, the newest addition to Anadolu Isuzu's range, plus the battery-electric NovoCiti Volt. Trade press at the show also reported the firm's Grand Toro coach on display fitted with a Cummins diesel engine. The line-up underlines the company's push into diverse European mobility segments without abandoning combustion power.

Source: Sustainable Bus · 28 September 2026 (report published; show ran 22-24 September 2026)

Desk 8 Regulation & Policy Worldwide

Rome spares 4 million Euro 5 diesels from Po Valley ban, at least a year's grace

Why it matters: This keeps roughly 1.2 million cars and 200,000 commercial vehicles in the Po Valley basin (Milan, Turin, Bologna catchment) legally on the road rather than pushed into forced early scrappage. For workshops in northern Italy, it means continued servicing demand on Euro 5 diesel vans and light trucks instead of a customer base evaporating into a compliance deadline.

Italy's Council of Ministers approved a decree-law on 24 September blocking a looming circulation ban on Euro 5 diesel vehicles across the Po Valley basin, the country's most polluted and most contested air-quality zone. Transport minister Matteo Salvini called it "an important result that meets the concrete needs of families, workers and the productive system," saying a blanket ban would have hit mobility and the local economy hard. He also took a swing at the underlying EU rule, calling it "not green, rather black." The decree extends the postponement for at least a year, covering an estimated 4 million Euro 5 diesels nationwide that faced potential grounding.

Source: ANSA · 24 September 2026

Trump administration presses appeal to strip back California's emissions waivers

Why it matters: Nothing changes for workshops or fleets yet, California's stricter emissions rules for heavy vehicles remain in force while the case proceeds, but an EPA win would let Congress kill those state rules outright.

A US District Court in Washington DC ruled on 2 September that the EPA had wrongly tried to reclassify California's Clean Air Act waivers as Congressional Review Act "rules," which would have let Congress overturn them by simple resolution. The court ordered the waivers restored to their prior status and granted California's request for a preliminary injunction. The EPA, acting through the Department of Justice, filed its appeal on 14 September to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, arguing the district court got the "orders vs rules" distinction wrong. The case is now pending before the appeals court, with no ruling date set.

Source: California Attorney General's Office · District court ruling 2 September 2026; EPA appeal filed 14 September 2026.

Watch List: next issue

Isuzu recalls 2,586 D-Max utes across southern Africa over a loose brake pedal pin · GWM South Africa launches the Tank 500 with a new 3.0-litre turbo-diesel, dropping the old petrol hybrid drivetrain entirely · Diesel Pajero "Shorty" three-door chatter stays speculative, no official Australian date yet · Renault Trucks debuts a new DE13 diesel engine, up to 540hp, on the 2027 T High at IAA · Kenworth previews the C580 severe-duty diesel truck, successor to the C500 · Volvo CE launches a 65-tonne EC650 diesel mining excavator at India's biggest construction show · AEVA proposes a weight-based road user charge stacked on top of existing fuel excise for diesel and petrol vehicles · Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia argues renewable diesel, not just EVs, should drive freight decarbonisation · Queensland's 12-month Type 2 road train trial begins on the Emerald freight route · GWM's real diesel-hybrid programme stays China-first, early 2027, with Australia timing still unconfirmed and the Hi4 badge unsettled · Chery Stockman's formal pre-order portal opens 1 October, pricing still unannounced · Progress Rail's SD70H hybrid locomotive still has no usable press image despite repeated checks · Ireland's Budget 2027 diesel excise call is due 6 October · Namibia's hydrogen-diesel locomotive targets a November move onto the railway.

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