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7 Maintenance Tips To Extend the Life of Your Diesel Truck

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7 Maintenance Tips To Extend the Life of Your Diesel Truck. According to Globe Newswire, the sale of diesel pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUV) grew by 28% in 2020, even when auto sales for the year declined by 14%. Look for oil on the exhaust manifold, which is another sign that something’s wrong with your turbocharger.

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How You Can Extend the Life of Your EV

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While it’s true that electric vehicles don’t need ant oil changes and fewer tune-ups compared to a traditional fossil-fuel car, there will need to be some maintenance from time to time. There are so many aspects that need to be checked, from the exhaust system, oil changes, brake fluid, transmission fluid and so on.

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Faurecia acquires Amminex to accelerate efficient NOx reduction for passenger and commercial vehicles

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ASDS is a system for ammonia storage and delivery that is used to activate the SCR catalysts used on diesel vehicles to remove NOx from the engine exhaust. Conventional dosing technology is based on spraying an aqueous urea solution (diesel exhaust fluid, DEF) into the exhaust stream. At low exhaust temperatures—e.g.

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ORNL study quantifies fuel economy costs of common driver practices and vehicle alterations

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The SUV, a 2009 Ford Explorer with a 4-liter V6 engine, was also tested while towing an enclosed trailer. Using a rooftop cargo box with the SUV decreased fuel economy from 24.9 In addition, two minivans were subjected to coastdowns to examine the similarity in derived coefficients for two duplicate vehicles of the same model.

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New Generation Audi Q7 SUV Models Feature Lower Fuel Consumption and Emissions

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Audi has rolled out its new generation Q7 performance SUV with lower fuel consumption and emissions. The Audi Q7 is available with six direct injection engines, two of them gasoline-powered and four diesel engines, including the world’s most powerful diesel SUV, the Audi Q7 V12 TDI. In the Q7 4.2 L/100km (21.19 mpg US) to 9.9

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Road Test: 2024 Cadillac XT4 Premium Luxury FWD

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Cadillac’s Subcompact SUV The 2024 Cadillac XT4 is smack dab in the heat of the subcompact premium/luxury SUV category. It is the third best-selling SUV for Cadillac, coming in behind the larger Escalade and XT5, but ahead of the XT6 and Lyriq EV. All of them outsell the Cadillac luxury sedans. Let’s take a look.

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How Safe Are EVs for Fleets?

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Many fleet owners and operators are interested in reducing operational and maintenance costs with electric vehicles (EVs), but they worry about vehicle safety. Maintenance is one of the areas where EVs are safer than ICE vehicles because they have far fewer moving parts. The force of combustion pushes the pistons down.

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