Sentences with phrase «of diesel passenger cars»

Even if Volkswagen «s woes are sapping the life out of the diesel passenger car market, you'll still be able to get a stout and thrifty little truck with three pedals and a stick.

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«Overall, the Semi is more responsive, covers more miles than a diesel truck in the same amount of time, and more safely integrates with passenger car traffic,» says Tesla in its official announcement.

Over the last decade, diesel passenger cars accounted for more than half of all new sales in Europe, according to Schaeffer.

But recent regulatory and technological advancements at a time of high gas prices have spurred a revival in the U.S. diesel passenger car market.

In Europe, where diesel - passenger cars are common, 28,500 deaths annually are attributed to diesel NOx pollution, with 11,500 of those deaths linked to excess emissions.

«The basic interaction of different energy sources — electricity, petrol, diesel and natural gas — represents a paradigm shift at Volkswagen,» said Frank Welsch, head of technical development for Volkswagen Passenger Cars, in a statement.

This investigation, and a potential recall and fine for VW certainly will threaten the future of «clean diesel» passenger car sales in the United States.

«The Chevrolet Cruze diesel will be the first of many diesel - powered passenger cars General Motors will offer in the United States,» Kiefer said at the recent 2014 Management Briefing Seminars.

Improvements such as an increase in fuel injection system pressure and the adoption of a compact, high - efficiency turbocharger have allowed the 1.4 - liter ND diesel engine for passenger cars to achieve both high fuel efficiency and high driving performance.

At low speeds and under load, typical diesel clatter intruded, but without the racket of similarly priced diesel passenger cars from some other brands.

As a next step, Mercedes - Benz is now due to offer the R, ML and GL 320 BlueTEC in the USA, the world's first three diesel cars which not only meet the particularly demanding criteria of the American Bin 5 standard, but also have the potential to fulfil the stringent EU6 standard due in the future - and which therefore considerably better all the current, worldwide exhaust emission standards for diesel passenger cars.

Obviously, we reserve the option to resume the certification of diesel engines for our passenger cars - but this will first and foremost depend on the demand.»

Cruze is one of about dozen 2017 or 2018 passenger cars and SUVs with diesel power, and also the most affordable.

This is the first passenger car diesel engine to use the stepped - bowl combustion process — named after the shape of the combustion bowl in the piston.

Promoters of clean diesel passenger cars are working to establish parity among U.S. alternative energy choices and the public relations battle lines are drawn on several fronts.

The niche market, which is only 1 per cent of total passenger car market, was bumping from one regulatory or taxation hiccup or another since the past two years such as the Supreme Court ban on high end diesel vehicle sale in Delhi - NCR, note - ban and the short - lived GST boost.

A wealth of innovative technologies has been implemented to enable the four - cylinder diesel engines to achieve their exceptional power and torque characteristics, economy, emissions performance and refinement, including new developments that do not currently feature in any other standard - production diesel engine for passenger cars.

And, with 200 bar, the new four - cylinder diesel unit from Mercedes - Benz is among the leading contenders in the field of passenger - car diesel engines.

The new diesel engine in the E 220 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY and E 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY models marks the debut of two - stage turbocharging in a standard - production diesel engine for passenger cars at Mercedes - Benz.

China isn't a fan of diesel power for passenger cars, so there won't be any turbo - diesel X1 LWBs.

Given that now the momentum is shifting from diesels to petrols, it is but fair that India's largest maker of passengers cars should cash in.

For that sort of money, we were surprised by some of the persistent cabin vibrations we heard in three cars we drove, including a passenger - side A-pillar trim buzz in a 25t R - Sport, an in - dash resonance in a 35t Portfolio and driver's door trim rattle in an XF S diesel.

Honda looks to pep up slowing sales of the Amaze The Amaze was the first diesel model introduced by Honda Cars India, marking Honda's entry into the diesel passenger vehicle segment in India.

Known for being a leader in diesel innovation and engineering, Mercedes - Benz expanded its diesel offerings in the fourth quarter of 2006 to include SUVs (ML - Class CDI, R - Class CDI, and GL - Class CDI), and also introduced the cleanest diesel technology available in a passenger car through the E320 BLUETEC.

In view of the fact that diesel engines — in particular in the passenger car sector — can look back on a long and successful history especially in Europe and Germany, a large portion of the literature shown here comes from the German and European region.

Aside from largely ignoring the issue of electrification of trucks, which is happening far more slowly than passenger cars, Hulot's plans also appear to disregard second and third - order effects if the 2040 ban on gasoline and diesel - engined cars proceeds as planned.

Add this to the fact that long - range, lower cost electric cars are finally becoming increasingly viable, and that cities are exploring ways to reduce dependence on motor vehicles overall — and you really start to see a convergence of factors which should lead to diesel's demise in the passenger car market much sooner than many of us would have expected.

The plaintiff, a 38 - year - old truck driver and diesel mechanic, was a passenger in a car that went out of control, striking a stone wall.