Abstract
In the United States trucks and buses adopted the diesel engine much later than occurred in Europe. The fact of this delay is well known in automotive circles, but behind it are some interesting developments that deserve exploration.
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U.S. Department of Commerce, Domestic Commerce N.66, Motor Truck Freight Transportation (Washington, 1932) p. 52;
Orville Adams, Elements of Diesel Engineering (New York: Henley, 1936) p. 348.
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John B. Rae, The Road and the Car in American Life (Cambridge, Mass: M.I.T. Press, 1971) pp. 175–7.
U.S. Department of Transportation, Highway Statistics 1972 (Washington, D.C., 1974) p. 36.
OECD, Energy Statistics 1971–1981 (Paris, 1983) pp. 137, 155.
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Laux, J.M. (1987). Diesel Trucks and Buses: Their Gradual Spread in the United States. In: Barker, T. (eds) The Economic and Social Effects of the Spread of Motor Vehicles. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08624-5_5
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