Ford will get a bigger chunk of $5.9 billion from the fund. Nissan will be able to use $1.6 billion while Tesla has a share of $465 million.

DOE spent about 8 months sitting on the funds while deliberating which companies will make good use of the money approved for release by the Bush administration.

The car manufacturers who got the loan will be able to go full efforts on their hybrid and EV programs. Despite Ford and Nissan getting the bigger chunk, experts say that Tesla benefits most of the program. Tesla will be able to construct a new plant to help in the assembly of their Sedan Model S which is projected to be a big seller.

Ford is not on the losing end though. A recent study by car experts foresees that the Detroit big three will gain if they can improve the fuel mileage of their range of vehicles. If they will be able to improve their current 26.9mpg average to meet the mandated 35mpg, a profit of $2.9 billion can be raked in.

Ford is planning to invest about $14 billion to advance their car technology in the next seven years. Some of the funds will be used to retool their factories and help in the production of more fuel efficient cars.

Nissan is focused on developing zero emission vehicles and expand their Smyrna assembly line.

Three engines are set to be developed by the company in lieu of this technology: the DD13, the DD15, and the DD16 which are still yet to be introduced into the market. The Blutech technology includes emission filtering technologies already present in today’s engines, including Diesel Paticulate Filter, Diesel Oxidation Catalyst, and Exhaust Gas Recirculation.

All three SCR (selective catalytic reduction) systems are designed to meet the EPA standards of 2010. Because these EPA standards also require the operators to fill their vehicles with DEF, Detroit Diesel is including components like the DEF tank, doser, guage, SCR catalyst and aftertreatment control module into their systems.

DEF (diesel exhaust fuel) is made up of 66.7% water and 33.3% automotive-grade urea. This fuel reacts against smog forming gases, reducing the NOx levels emitted by the vehicle. Although the Blutech technology is designed to be more environmentally conscious, it doesn’t ditch the current base engines of Detroit Diesel altogether.

The company is only working to improve their already existing base engines. Aside from the reduced NOx levels emitted by Bluetec engines, these engines are also designed to save more fuel. A significant 5% improvement in fuel efficiency has been recorded during the dry-runs of these Bluetec engines.