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The Oil Geek
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General Motors' new global engine oil specification is now trademarked as dexos -- yes, it's spelled with all lower-case letters -- and is poised to make the leap from the drawing board into the market. Dexos II, designed for use in passenger car diesel engines, is launching now in Europe, and the company says its gasoline-fueled counterpart should be available globally for its 2011 model year vehicles.
Eric R. Johnson of General Motors Powertrain, North America, provided some details about dexos to Lube Report. "We expect to have dexos for all our manufacturing plants worldwide, as factory fill," he said. "This may actually be easier for the lubricants industry, because our factory-fill suppliers will only have to manufacture to one engine oil specification, instead of making different oils for different regions."
General Motors' new global engine oil specification is now trademarked as dexos -- yes, it's spelled with all lower-case letters -- and is poised to make the leap from the drawing board into the market. Dexos II, designed for use in passenger car diesel engines, is launching now in Europe, and the company says its gasoline-fueled counterpart should be available globally for its 2011 model year vehicles.
Eric R. Johnson of General Motors Powertrain, North America, provided some details about dexos to Lube Report. "We expect to have dexos for all our manufacturing plants worldwide, as factory fill," he said. "This may actually be easier for the lubricants industry, because our factory-fill suppliers will only have to manufacture to one engine oil specification, instead of making different oils for different regions."
