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APRIL 13, 2012

The first results of a comprehensive study of the health effects of exposure to new technology diesel engines has found no evidence of gene-damaging effects in the animals studied, and only a few mild effects on the lungs, according to a report issued today by the Health Effects Institute (HEI). —Dan Greenbaum, President of HEI.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Volvo Cars confirmed that it will introduce a series-produced plug-in hybrid diesel as early as 2012. Volvo had first suggested the 2012 date for a diesel PHEV in September 2009. Earlier post.). liters per 100 km (124 mpg US), according to Volvo.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

Audi of America introduced four new TDI clean diesel models for the US market this year—the Audi A8, A7, A6, Q5—along with an updated Q7 TDI, all equipped with a second-generation 3.0L V6 TDI diesel engine. ” One of our primary goals and objectives is to level the playing field for clean diesel vehicles.

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

New Duramax 4-cylinder diesel. Chevrolet Sales Thailand introduced the new-generation MY14 Duramax four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine in 2.5- liter diesel delivers 11% more power and 6% more torque, while consuming 4.3% When we launched the first generation Duramax four-cylinder turbo-diesel engines two years ago, both the 2.5-liter

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Contribution of gasoline and diesel exhaust to SOA over 0% to 50% diesel fuel use. SOA contributions from the two sources are equivalent at 6% diesel fuel use. These compounds in un-burned gasoline and diesel fuel dominate vehicular emissions of reactive gas-phase carbon that have the potential to form SOA.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Volvo Car Corporation is postponing its plans to produce a full hybrid based on a diesel engine and instead will introduce a series-produced plug-in diesel hybrid (PHEV) in Europe as early as 2012. For longer distances, the diesel automatically takes over. The combined range is about 1,200 kilometers (746 miles).

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MARCH 22, 2023

In mining environments, the electric trucks can deliver several big advantages—including no exhaust emissions, a safer workplace, and quieter working conditions. Just like in many other mines, exhaust gases from diesel vehicles are responsible for the majority of the carbon dioxide emissions from Boliden’s mines.

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APRIL 25, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Request for Proposals ( EPA-OAR-OTAQ-12-05 ) with up to $20 million in FY 2012 grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing pollution from the existing fleet of diesel engines. and conventional diesel fuels. technologies. engine repower.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

The European Union-funded PowerDriver project—a two-year, €3-million (US$4-million) research project initiated in February 2012 to turn exhaust gas waste heat into electricity using thermoelectric generator (TGEN) technology—has completed simulation work on on a potential automotive application.

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JULY 24, 2013

Siemens and the Vietnam Motors Industry Corporation (Vinamotor) are launching the first hybrid bus with a combined electric/diesel drive in Hanoi. The buses consume up to 50% less fuel and reduce exhaust emissions by the same amount. At the end of this phase, series production of the hybrid buses will begin with Vinamotor.

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JUNE 26, 2014

Haldor Topsoe A/S is in the process of establishing a production facility in Brazil. The facility will focus on manufacturing catalysts that can removeNO x as well as particulates and hydrocarbons from the engine exhaust of diesel vehicles such as buses and trucks. In 2013 more than 3.7

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Opel has begun production of its new 2.0-liter liter BiTurbo top-end diesel, tailored for Opel’s second-generation Insignia. liter diesel engine produces 154 kW/210 hp at 4,000 rpm and develops strong torque of 480 N·m (354 lb-ft) from only 1,500 rpm using sequential two-stage turbocharging. The newly designed 2.0-liter

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NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Diesel engine torque output as a function of the engine speed (rpm) for the tested fuels. Each of the microbial sources of oil chosen for this study differ in one way or another from soybean oil, a common feedstock for biodiesel production. In engine testing, diesel #2 delivered the highest power output (8.5 Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

diesel engine and will use Cummins Westport’s proven spark-ignited, stoichiometric cooled exhaust gas recirculation (SEGR) technology. Exhaust aftertreatment will be provided by a simple, maintenance-free three-way catalyst (TWC). diesel engine, and so today that offers some benefits and some constraints. The ISB6.7

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Audi of America is taking a more aggressive stance with diesel in the US, both in terms of product offerings and in policy. diesel engine, more details of which will emerge closer to launch. As of September 2012, a third of Q7 models sold, and more than 55% of A3 models sold, are diesel. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 25, 2016

PODE is a promising alternative fuel for diesel engines, and offers high volatility, high ignitability and high oxygen content. Cetane number and boiling point of PODE n , gasoline and diesel. Low-cost commercial production of PODE has recently been realized in China. Wang et al. Click to enlarge. —Wang et al.

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JUNE 5, 2013

launched a liquefied natural gas (LNG) locomotive tender product solution with an order for four tenders from Canadian National Railway (CN); CN is currently testing two Electro-Motive Diesel locomotives converted for operation on natural gas. CN implemented its natural gas test program in 2012. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 4, 2011

However, while Mazda plans to offer hybrid vehicles in the medium-term, its engineers are pushing hard to increase the efficiencies of both the gasoline and diesel platforms, moving toward what they call “the ideal Internal Combustion Engine.” including body, chassis, suspension) will then first appear in the new CX-5 in 2012.

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JUNE 26, 2013

Global automotive supplier DENSO Corporation has developed a new 2500-bar diesel common rail (DCR) fuel injection system; DENSO says this is the currently the world’s highest injection pressure for a diesel common rail fuel injection systems comprising injector, fuel pump and common rail. Diesel Emissions Engines Fuel Efficiency'

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JULY 3, 2012

Mazda Motor Corporation will double production capacity at its engine plant in Hiroshima from 400,000 units to 800,000 units per year in October 2012. The plant produces SKYACTIV-D diesel engines and SKYACTIV-G gasoline engines. It achieves the lowest compression ratio for a mass production diesel engine for vehicles.

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

The Takeri diesel concept. The TAKERI features the new SKYACTIV-D clean diesel engine, as well as Mazda’s idling stop system i-stop, and a new regenerative braking system. The CX-5 will be Mazda’s first production model equipped with the new SKYACTIV-D clean diesel engine. Mazda’s diesels.

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

A team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) with colleagues from the US, China and Germany tested 73 Euro 6 diesel passenger cars on a chassis dynamometer over both the European type-approval cycle (NEDC, cold engine start) and the more realistic Worldwide harmonized light-duty test cycle (WLTC version 2.0,

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

thermal efficiency for application in hybrids; a high-performance clean diesel engine and a high efficiency transmission. overall TMC product lineup. Diesel engines. liter ND diesel engine for passenger cars to achieve both high fuel efficiency and high driving performance. Gasoline engines. characteristics.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

TDI V6 diesel engine vehicles in the United States (almost 15,000 of them in California). Breyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, who presides over federal Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) proceedings related to the diesel matter in the United States.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

This expansion, expected to begin early production in the second half of 2011, will increase the company’s capacity to manufacture current and future generations of light-duty diesel DuraTrap AT filters. Tighter emissions regulations continue to drive demand for diesel emissions control systems.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Battery electric cars emit less greenhouse gases and air pollutants over their entire life cycle than petrol and diesel cars, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report. Emissions are usually higher in the production phase of electric cars, but these are more than offset by lower emissions in the use phase over time.

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MARCH 19, 2010

liter engine—the first production engine to feature Ricardo’s new advanced low particulate Twin Vortex Combustion System technology. This technology enables the elimination of exhaust aftertreatment and provides a cost-effective, durable and high fuel economy solution for mid-range off-highway engine customers. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 2, 2012

The Energy dCi 110 diesel offers fuel consumption of 3.5 Renault is introducing three new Energy engines ( earlier post ) in its Mégane Collection 2012: the new turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection Energy TCE 115 di; the Energy dCi 130; and the Energy dCi 110, with NEDC fuel consumption of 3.5 L/100km, equivalent to 67 mpg US.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

2012 Mazda3. The refreshed 2012 Mazda3, making its debut at the 2011 Canadian International AutoShow, will offer the option of Mazda’s new SKYACTIV-G gasoline engine and SKYACTIV-Drive automatic transmission ( earlier post ) when it is launched later this fall. New 16- and 17-inch alloy wheels complete the 2012 exterior updates.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Global automotive supplier DENSO has developed a new exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve unit that is the first to integrate an air intake throttle valve and an EGR valve; the new unit is half the size of conventional models and requires fewer components, thus reducing costs. DENSO’s new EGR valve unit is designed for LPL EGR systems.

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JUNE 19, 2017

to resolve violations of the California Health and Safety Code related to the advertising and sales of illegal aftermarket performance parts in California, especially tuner products made for diesel pick-up truck engines. The California Air Resources Board reached. settlements with Derive Systems, Inc., and Hypertech, Inc.

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

Derived from the New Holland T6.140 production model, the new tractor will operate all the implements required for different seasonal operations: soil preparation, seeding, baling, transport, and front loader applications. —Riccardo Morselli, Innovation Product Development. La Bellotta Energy Independent Farm.

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Hydrogen 2012 Fuel Energy 297

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APRIL 9, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced preliminary test results of its Dedicated-Exhaust Gas Recirculation (D-EGR) demonstration vehicle ( earlier post ) at the SAE 2014 World Congress in Detroit. The D-EGR demonstrator is a converted 2012 Buick Regal with a 2.0-liter Hydrogen-enriched exhaust is routed to the intake.

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APRIL 17, 2014

GDCI engine was significantly better than advanced production spark injection gasoline engines, and comparable to very efficient hybrid vehicle engines at their best efficiency conditions (214 g/kWh). A high octane fuel was injected late on the compression stroke of a boosted diesel engine operating with high EGR. —Sellnau et al.

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JUNE 7, 2013

At an event in Sacramento, California, Volvo Trucks announced that it will commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015. Oberon Fuels is the first company to announce plans to commercialize DME fuel production in North America. DME and diesel.

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APRIL 13, 2012

Global-mean temperature change caused by car exhaust emitted from gasoline and diesel engines specified in the previous and upcoming European vehicle emission standards (EURO 3, 4, 5, and 6). However, previous studies have shown more prolonged warming due to diesel cars under various conditions. Credit: ACS, Tanaka et al.

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MARCH 31, 2015

Tenneco is leveraging its expertise in diesel particulate filter (DPF) technology to develop gasoline particulate filters for 2017 model year light vehicles. Diesel particulate filters for original equipment applications remove particulate matter from engine exhaust gases in a closed system.

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