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Report: Heavy trucks cleaning up faster than diesel passenger cars

- According to the American Trucking Association, there has been a 41 percent increase in registered large trucks and an 84 percent increase in miles traveled by large trucks from 1986 to 2006. That equals lots of diesel fuel consumed. Fortunately, a new report from Coordinating Research Council and the Health Effects Institute shows that pollution from heavy trucks and buses is actually improving at a faster rate than automobiles. Impressively, today's big rig engines produce 98 percent less carbon monoxide, 10 percent less nitrogen ... Read more →

REPORT: Buyer perception holding back U.S. diesel sales Jeremy Korzeniewski

Just the other day, Volkswagen revealed that it's having little trouble selling diesel versions of the Jetta sedan here in the United States. Fellow German automakers like BMW and Mercedes-Benz, ...

Spy Shots: Ford's 4.4L diesel underhood Jeremy Korzeniewski

Many people in the States still make their living using good 'ole fashioned pickup trucks as their main method of transportation. For those people, the sky-high price of fuel is putting a serious dent ...

Ford selling fewer diesels, more gas engines in trucks Jeremy Korzeniewski

To go along with the news that Ford would be delaying, if not completely canceling, its new Boss V8 engine is a startling fact about its Power Stroke diesel sales. According to PickupTrucks.com, ...

Mahindra's new truck searching for new name Jeremy Korzeniewski

Considering how slow change tends to come in the compact truck market, perhaps the domestic automakers should feel a mild quaking in their collective boots over the impending arrival of Mahindra's new ...


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