• Spend $ 6 billion on transportation infrastructure to increase efficiency and decrease oil consumption, as well as on tax incentives to convert heavy - duty trucks
from diesel fuel to natural gas.
In winter, especially, air pollution
from diesel vehicles can reach dangerous levels and keep vulnerable children and seniors restricted indoors.
The main engines on up to nine cruise ships will
switch from diesel to gas power and the upgrade will also include installation of a hybrid battery system....
Fine particles and black
carbon from diesel vehicles and engines can be virtually eliminated through technologies that are present on half of new heavy - duty vehicles sold today.
Was concerned about going
from a diesel back to gas engine, but I am impressed with the acceleration the car has.
Moreover, the airy cabin contributes to the overall comfort, but there's plenty of engine noise (
especially from the diesel units) finding a way inside the cockpit.
As for the turbo lag
expected from diesel mills, this one has none because of the Power Pulse system that the car comes with.
He told the shareholder meeting that the company still faces several legal issues
from the diesel scandal and that the company «can not draw the line under it» yet.
If you're not looking for maximum performance, the A7 TDI is the one to get, with no loss in performance but a serious gain in fuel
economy from its diesel engine.
But it is an excellent choice for enthusiasts who like power, and consumers who could truly
benefit from diesel technology and efficiency.
Researchers considered emissions
only from diesel - powered trucks and buses, and off - road diesel equipment and vehicles to estimate the equivalent reduction of carbon dioxide.
While, on paper, the fuel - economy
savings from diesel takes years to return the investment, the driving performance of a diesel - powered vehicle helps offset this for some consumers.
The new platform also reduces between 75 kg and 85
kg from the diesel and petrol variants, respectively.
This new plan will make a serious dent in diesel use and carbon emissions by switching mobile operators in rural areas across the
globe from diesel to wind, solar and biofuels.
It runs on gasoline but borrows
heavily from diesel engine technology, achieving fuel savings of as much as 30 percent when compared to a more traditional gasoline engine.
The main engines on up to nine cruise ships will
switch from diesel to gas power and the upgrade will also include installation of a hybrid battery system....
Graviky primarily sells the filter to companies and organizations in India for capturing
soot from the diesel generators that help power hospitals, malls, schools, apartment complexes, and other buildings.
When all sources of black carbon
emissions from diesel fuel combustion are considered, including farming and construction equipment, trains and ships, the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions can be as high as 50 million metric tons per year over the past 20 years.
In claiming the top prize, the motorized hand beat out Polar, a robotic system used by the U.K. Biobank to manage millions of biological samples in subzero temperatures; a technology developed by Johnson Matthey for controlling soot emissions
from diesel cars; and an, Owlstone Ltd. dime - size chemical sensor on a silicon chip that detects trace amounts of a variety of chemicals.
Patent litigation involving the removal of pollutants
from diesel exhaust using non-thermal plasma technology
Startup's system captures particle
matter from diesel exhaust and turns it into inks and paints.
Apart from the diesel cars, the company is also focused on cars with hybrid technology and in a contrarian approach is planning to drive in hybrid versions of the Jazz hatchback and the City sedan post-2020 as it already has a hybrid powertrain solution to the Jazz and Grace (mid-size sedan) in Japan.
While
performance from the diesel motor is good and the handling is a total gem, the ride quality really ruins the experience and the poor NVH levels spoil the calm you would expect from such a well designed cabin.
It is almost three years since VW was caught fitting cheat devices to fool testers into measuring lower than actual levels of nitrogen oxides
emitting from its diesel cars.
Gaining support for a world - wide
shift from diesel and gasoline to renewably - powered vehicles clearly will not be simple and will not occur overnight — though it may help avoid the blame - games which all along have hampered international climate talks.
A lot of the minute particulate matter [emitted from exhausts] comes
from diesels in cities.
Along with all the runoff that is regularly dumped into the Bay, there is the added burden of
pollutants from diesel marine engines.
Industry executives and analysts foresee a dramatic move away
from diesel for drilling operations that could lead to at least half all of US rigs being powered by natural gas in the next five years.
As a result, a growing number of transportation companies, for example Waste Management Inc., are finally converting their fleets to natural
gas from diesel.
«There are all kinds of reasons we want to switch away
from diesel buses,» Brandt notes.
Today, only Volkswagen and Mercedes - Benz offer diesel - powered cars here - a dramatic change
from the diesel models available here a decade ago.