clean diesel technology

The Fisker Karma is finally going out for deliveries this month (if you see one, chances are good it's Leo's) and this means that some of the technology that the fledgling automaker uses in the luxury plug-in hybrid can now be talked about. This is the case with Clean Diesel Technologies, which ...

Hybrid sales shot up ten percent in September, compared to a year ago, but the year-to-date numbers tell a different story. So far in 2010, automakers have tallied ten-percent fewer ...

Last month, the U.S. automotive industry experienced its weakest August sales since 1983. Overall, sales dropped off nearly 21 percent from the numbers recorded during the Cash-for-Clunkers-boosted month of ...

The Audi A3 TDI is typical of the clean diesel breed. It offers impressive low-end torque, belches out little in the emissions category and scores on the efficiency chart. The A3 also coddles both the driver and passengers with ...

Audi U.S.A's chief marketing officer, Scott Keogh, revealed the company's diesel dreams in a recent interview with Green Car Advisor. Keogh unveiled that Audi expects to, "more than double our existing diesel portfolio in the next year ...

In the past, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) typically issued grants for the advancement of proven technologies and rarely offered up government money on projects that some would consider experimental. As environmental concerns rose in recent years, the EPA created its emerging ...

First, a disclaimer. We understand that sulfur (or sulphur for you Brits) isn't the only less-than-desirable thing in or about petroleum diesel. There's nitrogen oxide (NOx), particulate matter (soot) and carbon dioxide, to name a few other pollutants. And, of course, petroleum diesel does come ...

Volkswagen of America, Inc. reported that clean diesels made up 85 percent of the 2,018 Jetta SportWagens sold in March. The load lugger's sales were up 78.9 percent year-on-year in March. Overall, the company's March 2010 sales rose 40.9 percent year-on-year to 22,148 total units – its ...

Thomas Built Buses, the school bus manufacturing unit of Daimler Trucks North America, has just received its first order for new clean diesel buses. Montgomery County in Maryland has ordered 59 new Saf-T-Liner HDX school buses equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems. The SCR ...