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Ahead of the museum's «The Future Starts Here» exhibition, eco-activists protested the sponsor's production of diesel cars

But Porsche has now ended production of all diesel models.

Fiat Chrysler plans to phase out production of its diesel - powered passenger vehicles by 2022, according to an inside source's leak to the Financial Times, in the wake of shrinking...

The purpose of this decision is to strengthen the competitiveness of both companies by bringing the development and production of diesel engines under one roof and enabling... Read more →

The purpose of this decision is to strengthen the competitiveness of both companies by bringing the development and production of diesel engines under one roof and enabling more efficient allocation of resources.

Toyota Motor to consolidate development and production of diesel engines under TICO; manual transmissions under Aisin Seiki; brake systems under Advics

Less than a week after Jeep announced that it would offer a diesel engine in the 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the company said it would end production of the diesel version of the Jeep Liberty (right) after this model year.

As David Kiley points out in his column, Volkswagen was prepared to devote fully 50 percent of its Chattanooga plant to production of the diesel Passat (and presumably with the plant's ongoing expansion, diesel versions of its new Passat - based crossover / utility, coming next year).

At the moment, only five percent of the world production of diesel fuel makes use of this process, because it is cheaper for companies to use more polluting substances.

After securing $ 67 million from leading venture capital firms and big companies, Rive Technology started to commercialize nanostructured zeolite catalysts for the production of diesel and gasoline.

«There's still a perception from the past where in consumers» minds, diesel engines are for trucks or are dirty and stinky,» said Torsten Karnahl, general manager for product strategy at Volkswagen, which recently upped production of the diesel - powered Passat to meet rising demand.

Caterpillar's production of diesel locomotives now takes place in Muncie, Indiana, in a Westinghouse transformer assembly plant that was abandoned in 1998 and retooled by Caterpillar with generous government support.

Not exact matches

China, the world's biggest car market, plans to ban the production and sale of diesel and petrol cars and vans.

, but not one research includes production of the batteries to pollution, while they happily add the refinement of crude oil and cost of it's extraction and transport for Petrols and Diesels.

«Indeed, with the resumption of production by the Corporation's three refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri, complemented by imports, there is enough stock of petrol, diesel and kerosene.»

The statement also said that UK operations will remain a centre of excellence for powertrain development and production, and announced plans to build a new generation two - litre diesel engine at Dagenham from 2015 or 2016.

And the company has today announced that production of the new low carbon diesel engine will start in 2015/6 which is being designed and engineered at Dunton and built at Dagenham.

The production process of green diesel was developed ahead of green gasoline — which would be more useful in the US — but UOP is presently in licensing talks with several unnamed North American refiners, too.

Rocket engines, gas turbines and diesel engines experience conditions in their combustion chamber that exceed the critical conditions of their fuel, and supercritical finely atomized sprays are used to coat tablets in the production of medicines.

Wu said at the press conference that the three main regions covered in the current action plan occupied just 8 percent of China's total area, but were responsible for 55 percent of national steel production, 40 percent of total cement output and 52 percent of gasoline and diesel.

It also is a prime feedstock for the Fischer - Tropsch process, which allows for the production of synthetic petroleum, gasoline and diesel.

Neste Oil — the world's largest producer of renewable diesel — has launched the commercial production and sales of renewable naphtha for corporate customers; the company is one of the first to supply bio-naphtha on a commercial scale.

Limited, handbuilt production began in 1968 and engine choices would include a series of gas and diesel four - cylinders, some with dual overhead cams and fuel injection — heady stuff for the time.

Pending all of the fine - tuning for the U.S. production car, we should see the Mazda6 diesel hit showrooms in 2015 as a 2016 model.

But just to show that Mazda remains committed to diesel on the street even as it awaits the readiness of the Mazda 6 Skyactive - D, Robert Davis decided last fall to build a trio of production - based diesel - powered Mazda 6s for the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, an amateur - level racing event sanctioned by the National Auto Sport Association (NASA).

The Takeri concept gets a Sky Activ diesel engine, while the production version will feature a range of petrols and diesels with the technology.

When VW began building Passats in its Tennessee plant, it allocated nearly 50 percent of production to diesel models because of the popularity of the cars» high fuel economy.

A diesel powertrain option for GM's full - size SUVs has been rumored for at least a year, and the leading contender may be a revival of the 4.5 - liter Duramax V - 8 that came very close to production before falling victim to the company's 2009 bankruptcy.

That said, simply put, torque production with high durability and low friction (the latter two mostly coming from low engine speeds and the use of heavy duty powertrain design approaches) is really the main reason diesel engines are used.

However, we expect the production model to be powered by the range of engines already in the Q7 and eventually the diesel V8 from the SQ7.

Over its thirteen - year run, the original four - cylinder, gasoline - powered New Beetle coupe was joined by diesel, turbocharged, and convertible versions before going out of production in 2010.

Drag racing is world apart from production consumer cars, drag diesel engines run advanced injector timing and lots of fuel delivery, since diesels to not control power using an intake throttle plate like gasoline engines, they use the amount of fuel injected to control power delivered, lots of fuel lots of power.

Intended primarily for taxicab use in Germany and other European countries, this eight - passenger three - row sedan is one of just 283 diesels (out of a total 689) built during the eight months of production for this model.

Though the BlueSport concept debuted with a 2.0 - liter diesel I - 4 making 180 hp and 258 lb - ft of torque, a production version was expected to get a turbocharged 170 - hp 2.0 - liter gasoline I - 4 for a base engine, with a twin - charged 200 - hp 1.4 - liter arriving shortly after.

With a top speed of a 177mph it will also be the world's fastest diesel production car.

In a recent interview with Motor Trend, Cadillac's President Johan de Nysschen was talking halo cars, diesel's vs hybrids and production of cars for global buyers.

Mazda says that a production - based version of the 2.2 - liter Skyactiv - D diesel engine will be available in the second half of 2013 for retail sale.

The article also stated that Toyota had cancelled production of a Tundra diesel truck.

Volvo announced in 2009, and confirmed in 2010, the launch of series production diesel - electric plug - in hybrids as early as 2012.

Asked about whether diesel Land Rovers might one day entirely obviate the production of gas engines worldwide, Wright's not betting on it (even though U.S. buyers will increasingly see every Jaguar - Land Rover product get a diesel engine option).

For the first six to eight months of production, the only engine option will be the 188bhp SD4 diesel familiar from the Evoque and Freelander, and also shared with PSA and Ford.

Technology we take for granted now, such as TFSI petrol engines, advanced diesel engines and LED headlights, are just some of the technologies Audi has taken from its LMP1 program to its production lines.

As we have reported before, the production Levante will feature a range of V6 and V8 gas and diesel engines built by Ferrari.

The concept looks to be close to production ready Kia Optima Wagon and points to a new family of mid-size models from Kia, including sedan, wagon and possibly coupe derivatives, powered by petrol, turbo - petrol, diesel and hybrid powertrains.

• More Honda EV concepts on the way - Honda's design boss says there are more electric concepts on the way, but it's not clear when they'll make production • Toyota boss says more diesels unlikely - Didier Leroy tells Auto Express it's unlikely that Toyota will ever make another diesel - engined car • Nissan IMx concept to influence next Qashqai - Nissan design boss hints the IMx could be a good indication of what to expect from the next generation Qashqai

The production version of the car is going to use a 2.2 L four - cylinder Bluetec diesel engine mated to a mild - hybrid system that together should produce about 204 horsepower.

«We've asked Germany for more diesel production,» said Al Gossett, owner of Gossett Motor Cars in Memphis, Tenn., and chairman of the Volkswagen Dealer Advisory Council.

When the production version of the VisionS arrives — probably at Paris in the autumn — it's expected to offer three - row seating, a range of four - cylinder petrol, diesel and hybrid powertrains and the option of front - wheel and four - wheel drive.

There's no sign of that in the production Eclipse Cross, however, which has been confirmed to come with direct - injection turbocharged 1.5 - litre petrol and 2.2 - litre diesel engines matched with CVT and eight - speed automatic transmissions respectively.

Compared to the engine and transmission technologies discussed above, there has been far less growth in the absolute production shares of cylinder deactivation (CD), hybrid and diesel powertrains.