From Yahoo News

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ — With the launch of its performance-oriented and efficient Diesel engines in the United States scheduled for 2008, the BMW Group announces another step in its strategy for profitable and sustainable growth.

The engines which are known in Europe for their unique synthesis of dynamic performance and low fuel consumption will be made available for the US, the strongest-performing single BMW market.

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The new Volvo C30 is going to debut at the L.A. Auto Show this coming week so I thought I’d show you the version that is out there but I’m fairly positive we’ll never see on our shores. This is the HS3 D5 tuned by Heico Sportiv. Here are the specs:

Chevrolet will debut the new Lacetti TDCi turbo diesel at the Bologna auto show.

Chevy’s new diesel is a common-rail design that puts out 119bhp and 207lf-bls.

The Lacetti will have two versions, the normal hatchback and the estate (or station wagon for all us Americans). You’ll average about 49.5mpg with the hatch, and 47mpg with the estate. CO2 emissions of 149g/km for the hatch and 154g/km will put it in the 19% and 21% company car tax respectively.

Pricing has not yet been announced.

From wneg32.com

A group of researchers from The University of Georgia have been working for more than a decade on ways to use altertantive fuel sources. The school evenhas it’s own Bio-Refinery, something not a lot of other facilities have. During a three day conference that kicked off Monday, they are teaching other people interested in Bio-Diesels how to make it, and how to make it right.

Just inside a labortary off White Hall Road in Athens lies one of The University of Georgia’s best kept secrets, unless you are one of the 20 or so researchers working on alternative fuel sources.