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Corning to supply particulate filters for Navistar diesels

Corning has been selected to provide particulate filters to Navistar for its diesel engines. The traps and ceramic substrates will allow Navistar's engines to meet tougher 2010 EPA emissions standards for heavy duty trucks. Corning worked with Navistar to ensure its components were compatible with the engine maker's EGR systems. Diesel particulate filters consist of a porous ceramic core that captures the soot emissions as the exhaust gas passes through. When the filter becomes saturated, the fuel mixture in the engine is adjusted to raise the ... Read more →

Paris Preview: Mazda to introduce new 2.2L diesel engine Sam Abuelsamid

At the Paris Motor Show next month, Mazda will be showing off its new 2.2L MZR-CD clean diesel engine that will be installed in the Mazda 6. The new engine is rated at 182 hp and yields 42 mpg ...

EPA retrofits the Magic School Bus from the children book series with diesel particulate filter Lascelles Linton

This is the strangest and most wonderful thing I have read today. The EPA and Scholastic released a special edition of the popular children's book series the Magic School bus, called "The Magic School ...

Australian diesels: not so squeaky clean... Jeremy Korzeniewski

Before the low sulfur diesel fuel that has become common here in the United States, it was impossible for automakers to install filters which would allow diesel engines to meet the requirements which ...

KO-TREND institute awards accolade to A4 2.0 TDI Dane Muldoon

Audi's best selling A4 2.0 TDI diesel car has been presented with the coveted "Auto-Umwelt-Zertifikat" (car environment certificate) by the ÖKO-TREND institute in Wuppertal, Germany. The award ...

Audi offers economical new A3 and A4 models 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Audi A3. Audi is extending its A3 and A4 ranges in Europe with four new fuel-efficient models: the A3, A3 Sportback 1.9 TDI e, the A4 2.0 TFSI e saloon and A4 2.0 TFSI e Avant. Drawing upon Audi's advanced direct injection technology, these ...

Union Pacific Railroad unveils ultra-low emission diesel locomotives 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Just days after we wrote about the problem of trying to introduce cleaner locomotives into existing railway's fleets, Union Pacific Railroad has unveiled the first of 60 new environmentally friendly, ultra-low emission diesel locomotives for use in the Los Angeles region. In prototype and testing ...

Particulate filter market to hit ?3.3 billion in Europe by 2012 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Diesels have always had a huge efficiency advantage over other piston engine technologies. Unfortunately, in addition to that efficiency, diesels also had a few negative characteristics: noise, smell and black soot. In recent years governments have been toughening up their emissions standards, ...

Bosch and Denso hookup to produce diesel particulate filters 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The two largest automotive suppliers in the world, Germany's Robert Bosch GmbH and Japan's Denso Corp. have agreed to a new joint venture. The companies will team up to develop and manufacture particulate filters for diesel engines. The new company will be established somewhere in Eastern Europe ...


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