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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer wants Corning Inc. to think local when it decides where to build its second heavy duty diesel plant. Responding to the company’s announcement in November that it plans to build a new diesel facility to meet the anticipated growth in demand for its ceramic substrates and diesel-particulate filters, Schumer, D-N.Y., has […]

BorgWarner’s award-winning regulated two-stage (R2S®) turbo-charging technology boosts performance while helping improve fuel efficiency and lower emissions for the first four-cylinder engine in the history of the Mercedes S-Class. The 2.2-liter diesel S 250 CDI Blue EFFICIENCY is the first car in the luxury segment to consume less than 6 liters of fuel per 100 […]

Diesel report’s publication delayed as industry demands to see documents first Publication of a landmark government study probing whether diesel engine exhaust causes lung cancer in miners—already 20 years in the making—has been delayed by industry and congressional insistence on seeing study data and documents before the public does.

Everybody wants more for less these days, and that premise is the key to the success of Drive’s Car of Year for 2011, the Mercedes-Benz C250 CDI. The family-sized Benz has more torque, or pulling power, than a lot of petrol-guzzling V8s, yet it uses less fuel than the average city runabout. The secret to […]

U.S. fuel demand in October rose to the highest level for the month in three years, led by gains in diesel consumption, the American Petroleum Institute said. Total deliveries of petroleum products, a measure of demand, increased 2.5 percent to 19.4 million barrels a day last month from a year earlier, the industry-funded group said […]

Volkswagen is fuming over the Obama Administration’s proposal to double auto fuel efficiency, saying the plan unfairly values hybrid and all-electric cars over clean diesel, a technology VW has pioneered. Volkswagen is committed to continually making fuel efficient vehicles, such as the new mid-size, clean diesel Passat TDI, available to the U.S. market. Built in […]

With looming fuel efficiency standards dictating future car products, major automakers are investing a lot of time and money into developing EV’s and hybrid cars. Well…except for Chrysler. Instead, the Pentastar brand has announced that the Jeep Grand Cherokee will offer a diesel engine option in 2013, with other models to follow.

Denso, the Japanese fuel system supplier, says it will achieve common-rail system nozzle pressures as high as 3000bar in the foreseeable future. That implies an ability to start injection later in the cycle, closer to top-dead-centre, together with earlier cut-off, thereby achieving more complete combustion of the fuel, to the benefit of consumption and particulate […]

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $50 million for clean diesel projects. These efforts will replace, retrofit or repower more than 8,000 older school buses, trucks, locomotives, vessels, and other diesel-powered machines. The Air Resources Board today is reminding owners of heavier diesel trucks that they need to act now in order to […]

General Motors will build the diesel version of its popular Chevrolet Cruze at its Lordstown, Ohio, plant in 2013.

BorgWarner produces engine timing systems, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) tubes and Instant Start Systems for Ford’s new Duratorq TDCi Global Euro 5 engine family, which launched in several countries recently.

The Association of Diesel Specialists (ADS) is the worldwide diesel industry’s leading trade association, dedicated to the highest level of service on diesel fuel injection and related systems. Members are located throughout the world and consist of independent repair shops specializing in diesel fuel injection, drive-in, governor and turbocharger service. Members also encompass original equipment […]