Improved engines and exhaust scrubbers, combined with a new fuel, willmake energy -
efficient diesels nearly as green as hybrids
Not exact matches
EPA fuel economy figures for the
diesel are still a ways off, but we can tell you that in the European test cycle it's
nearly 25 percent more
efficient than the GLK350; ours probably won't do quite as well, however, because the U.S.
diesel doesn't get the auto stop / start system.
But with
diesel fuel at
nearly $ 4.00 per gallon, distributors must use the most
efficient delivery routes.
A modern
diesel is
nearly as
efficient as a power station, when run on a motorway, and so the electric vehicle is bound to be less
efficient than a
diesel on the open road (but not so in town).