Sentences with phrase «more diesel engines»

U.S. consumers will have the option of a TDI engine in Audi AG's next - generation A4 sedan, the automaker said today, expanding a campaign to sell more diesel engines in the United States.A new version...

It had improved safety features and a significantly stiffer body, as well more diesel engine choices, but the B4 was essentially a refresh of the B3 Passat rather than an all - new model.

Not exact matches

The most powerful diesel engine in the world is designed by a Finnish company, Wärtsilä, and it can do more than you can imagine.

New York - based ApNano Materials makes lubricating nanocoatings for engine parts; Oxonica, in the United Kingdom, produces nanoadditives that improve sunscreens and diesel fuel; Oakland, California - based Nano - Tex manufactures products that make clothing stain - resistant, softer, and more breathable.

Diesel technology in the United States today has also been transformed, and stringent emissions standards set by EPA in 1999 have made diesel engines more than 90 percent cleaner.

Modern diesel vehicles have adopted new standards and are now very clean, so attention needs to now turn to regulating on - road and off - road gasoline engines more.

Even the oil sands ultimate consumption in a gasoline, diesel or jet engine only results in 500 kilograms of CO2 - equivalent per barrel of refined petroleum products, meaning total oil sands emissions from well to wheel are considerably lower than those of this nation's more than 500 power plants burning coal to generate electricity.

Manufacturers of heavy - duty diesel engines have slashed emissions from new engines by more than 90 percent for most pollutants, according to a study released yesterday.

More than 50,000 high - polluting diesel engines have been cleaned up or removed from U.S. roads in a federal program

«This process is 10 percent to 15 percent more efficient than the best commercial diesel engines, which are the most efficient internal combustion engines,» Reitz says.

Automakers are already phasing in particle traps that cut tailpipe emissions from diesel engines by 90 percent or more.

If you usually use your car for long stretches on the highway, an efficient gas engine — or better yet, modern diesel engine — may be even more eco-friendly than the hybrid.

For example, European Union standards favoring fuel - efficient diesel cars over gasoline cars may lead to more warming, because diesel engines release 40 to 250 times as much soot as gasoline engines.

So it's like a diesel engine, except a billion times more efficient!

«However, the continuing problem demonstrates that more remains to be done, especially in cleaning up coal - fired power plants and existing diesel engines.»

Engines that run on diesel fuel are inherently more fuel - efficient than their gasoline counterparts.

Diesel engines burn their fuel more efficiently compared to their gasoline counterparts — and thus emit considerably lower quantities of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2)-- mainly because diesel engines work with excess air in so - called lean - burn mode.

Highly turbocharged alcohol - fueled direct - injection spark - ignition (DISI) engines operated at a high compression ratio could be as or more efficient than diesel engines while also providing advantages of lower vehicle cost, lower emissions and higher power, according to a recent modeling study by Leslie Bromberg and Daniel Cohn at MIT.

Dr. Peden has written or contributed to more than 160 peer - reviewed scientific publications on the kinetics and mechanisms of automobile exhaust catalysis; the development of zeolite catalysts for diesel engine emission control; hydrocarbon reforming over bimetallic catalysts; the structure of hydroprocessing catalysts; the development of novel, supported solid acid catalysts for petroleum refining; the growth and properties of oxide and semiconductor thin films; and model studies of adhesion at metal / metal - oxide interfaces.

From diesel engines to electric drives, from alternative fuels to control software, from transmissions to batteries, we have been working in partnership with companies all over the world for more than 60 years.

However, on average a diesel engine tends to be between 30 % to 40 % more eficient in fuel consumption than its equivelant engine size petrol counterpart, therefore, per km the diesel engine will emit less.

The new diesel engines are stiffer, more compact, and 45 - 65 lbs lighter than the outgoing diesels.

«It has a very strong engine, but it's coarse, with more idle noise than a good diesel.»

There's a little more diesel clatter coming through the cabin in the X5 than an Audi Q7 TDI, but the engine is still far quieter than most consumers would expect from a diesel.

After reading more about diesel oil changes I'm convinced that in diesel engines oil gets dark soon after change.

There are also new diesel engines, including the 2.0 - liter EA288 four - cylinder, and a more powerful, twin - turbo version of the same engine that makes 236 hp and comes equipped with 4Motion all - wheel drive.

The diesel was also stout coming off corners, where the luxury of 300 lb - ft of torque allowed me to out - drag more powerful cars, at least until their engines were fully wound up.

However, both of these cars offer larger, more powerful 3.0 - liter six - cylinder diesel engines and do not match the E250 BlueTec in terms of fuel efficiency.

Unsurprisingly the diesels and petrol engines deliver different experiences, those TDIs are all about low and mid range grunt, the TFSI petrol units being faster and freer revving and demanding more work to extract their best.

On sale Early 2013 Price $ 28,000 - $ 35,000 (est.) Engines 2.5 L I - 5, 170 hp, 177 lb - ft; 2.0 L turbo - diesel I - 4, 140 hp, 236 lb - ft; 2.0 L turbo I - 4, 200 hp, 207 lb - ft Because It's even more huggable.

With 235bhp from 4800 - 5600rpm and 258 lb ft from 1650rpm the new engine's performance has no close equivalents in the crossover class — diesel rivals from BMW and Mercedes produce less power but more torque, and few rivals offer petrol variants with similar specifications.

BMW only offers a diesel engine in its X3 and, again, although it starts at a low # 34,845, you'll need to fork out more to match the Stelvio.

Despite utilising power from a turbocharged 2 - litre diesel engine producing significantly less power — it peaks at 187bhp — the arrival of 295 lb ft of torque from just 1750rpm gives the BMW enough punch to worry a supercar worth more than four times its list value.

Note: you can notice this more predominantly on diesel engine since they have more torque this is much more noticeable, you can drive them without pressing the accelerator basically.

I was thinking more on the lines of gas engines, but you're right about the need for higher compression ranges for diesel engines.

Since GM partnered with BMW and the former DaimlerChrysler to develop Two - Mode for front -, rear -, and four - wheel - drive applications with gasoline and diesel engines, you'll see it in more cars, pickups, SUVs, and crossover applications.

For the # 16,430 SEAT it's a diesel's high thermal efficiency, allowing an official 61.4 «combined» mpg and 123g / km (diesel produces more CO2 per volume unit burnt than petrol does), while for the # 20,660 Volkswagen it's the use of forced induction on a downsized engine resulting in official figures of 42.8 mpg and 154g / km.

For 2010, the front - wheel - drive A3 receives an optional diesel engine, which promises more than 40 mpg on the highway.

For truck buyers who need to tow more than 20,000 pounds, there are the 2500HD and 3500HD heavy - duty versions of the Silverado that are available with a 6.6 - liter Duramax diesel engine.

You may have more than one pump and / or filter, as some diesel cars have a low - pressure pump in the tank and a high - pressure one near the engine.

The fourth - generation of Chevy's number one truck gets a bolder look, lighter platform, more tech — but not enough to scare the old timers — and six powertrain options including a new inline - six turbo - diesel engine.

The MKC offers a more powerful gas engine option, and the Q5 has upgraded gasoline and diesel engines available.

From then on there were the also the 0.9, 1.0, 1.2 lt turbo engines by most carmakers but since the emissions tests are now going to be based on real life conditions and not lab conditions, even those displacements apart from the diesel ones will prove to pollute more than what is claimed and as such, especially in the non-turbo small petrol engines the only way to meet the emissions is to upsize in order also to maintain and improve performance.

However, the 148bhp diesel puts out 67 lb ft more torque at 251 lb ft.. Then there is a 2 - litre TFSI petrol engine with 187bhp, but that won't be available until next year.

Petrol / diesel engines are outdated in about the same way as books, theatre, steaks or good wine - there are so many cheaper, simpler, more accessible or user - friendly alternatives, but life without them would suck.

Closest is the A160 which does indeed use a 1.6 - litre engine, but the diesel A180d has a 1.5 - litre unit, the A180 a more potent petrol 1.6, the A200d a 2.1 - litre diesel and the A200 features the 1.6 - litre from the A160 and A180, tuned for yet more power.

Next in line to further decrease CO2 form cars come downsized turbo GDI (gas direct injection) engines and they emit much more ultrafine particles and NOX than regular natural aspirated engines with PFI (port fuel injection) and even more than some Euro6 diesels with particle filter.

At low revs, there is more cabin noise from the diesel engine than you might expect, but once up and running, refinement levels are supreme and easily on par with a diesel - engined Mercedes S - class.

Downsizing was first introduced with VAG and Peugeot 1.4 lt turbo engines which replaced the 1.6, 1.8 and in some cases the 2.0 lt petrol engines, with less emissions and more power and torque, something that they had to do in order to compete also with the smaller diesel engines.

News report (here and here and lots more can be found that two guys drove Ford Mondeo Econetic with 1,6 liters diesel engine and got fuel consumption of about 3 liters per 100 kilometers.