DIESEL INDUSTRY NEWS
Diesel Industry News gets its own home on the web
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…
Chery's diesel plug-in hybrid ute demand doubles ahead of Q4 launch
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…
GWM's new AdBlue-free diesel lands in Cannon Alpha and Tank 500 as boss bets big on diesel demand
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…
Diesel pushes past $2.85 a litre nationally as Middle East conflict keeps squeezing bowsers
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…
Coalition's automatic fuel excise "shield" wins trucking industry backing as diesel tops $2.87 a litre
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…
Truckies warn businesses are folding as Canberra refuses to revive diesel excise cut
It's the sharpest sign yet that diesel prices are hitting real trucking businesses, not just headline pump numbers, and it puts the federal…
GM names its next-gen HD diesel "Mongoose", an all-new 8.3-litre Duramax V8
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…
Ford Australia kills off the diesel Tourneo, hands the people-mover job to a petrol PHEV
Another diesel nameplate goes extinct in a developed market, this time explicitly because of Australia's New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, a preview…
Trump backs diesel export ban as US pump price hits record $6.53, farm and trucking lobbies split
A ban on US diesel exports would be the biggest direct government intervention in diesel supply this year, pushed specifically in the name of…
White House walks back diesel export ban talk after price-shock backlash
Updates the already-filed story above. Within 24 hours of Trump backing an export ban, the administration was denying it, a real reversal that…
First Quantum patents trolley-assist tech that cuts mine-truck diesel use by up to 90% uphill
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…
Navantia names Spain's ABB-powered submarine rescue ship Poseidón
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…
Dutch-Belgian anti-submarine frigate programme slips again, first ship now due 2033
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…
World-first liquid-hydrogen main engine for ocean ships clears factory testing
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…
Toyota Racing to supply hydrogen combustion V6 for MissionH24's Le Mans hydrogen prototype
A genuine hydrogen-combustion engine deal, not a fuel cell, aimed squarely at endurance racing's 2030 hydrogen class. It's Toyota putting its…
Mercedes-Benz Trucks unveils "Powerliner" diesel driveline, claims 4% fuel cut
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…
Anadolu Isuzu's Grand Toro XL named 2026 Minibus of the Year in Spain, diesel and hybrid range shown at FIAA Madrid
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…
Rome spares 4 million Euro 5 diesels from Po Valley ban, at least a year's grace
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…
Trump administration presses appeal to strip back California's emissions waivers
Nothing changes for workshops or fleets yet, California's stricter emissions rules for heavy vehicles remain in force while the case proceeds, but an…