More Drivers with Clean Diesel this year than ever

While you may be thinking more about your new amt pumps right now than diesel, this year we are seeing more and more clean diesel fuel cars on the road than we ever have. Drivers are getting some of the best fuel economy in a long, long time.

"For this year's holiday road trip, drivers are taking to the road in more fuel efficient clean diesel choices than ever before; they've got 23 cars and SUVs and 15 pick-ups and vans to choose from. Sales of new clean diesel vehicles through September 2013 are up 9.7 percent over the same time last year, so you might say consumers are 'gobbling them up,'" said Allen Schaeffer, the Executive Director of the Diesel Technology Forum, a non-profit educational group.

"Those picking new clean diesel technology will be thanking themselves because this time of year is when time, money and patience are often in short supply, and investing in new clean diesel technology puts you miles ahead of fellow car drivers in all three categories," noted Schaeffer.

80.7 MPG For Volkswagon Polo BlueMotion

Theoretically the new Volkswagon Polo BlueMotion could travel up to 800 miles on one tank of diesel. Polo BlueMotion is available to order from Volkswagen Retailers today, with prices starting at £14,445 RRP on the road for the three-door, and £15,045 for the five-door model.

The new Polo BlueMotion adopts an all-new highly advanced 1.2-litre TDI three-cylinder common rail diesel engine developing 75 PS, and 133 lbs ft (180 Nm) of torque available from just 2,000 rpm. This new engine, combined with longer gearing through the five-speed manual gearbox, regenerative braking and an automatic Start/Stop system, help the new Polo BlueMotion emit just 91 g/km of CO2 while returning an impressive 80.7 mpg on the combined cycle.

It features high comfort levels with AC, power steering, cruise control, and seats that probably won't cause a need for hemorrhoids treatment.

The VW Polo is available for order now, and is expected to be at retailers sometime in May of this year.

Advanced Technology Enables Diesel-Powered Vehicles to 'Clean Up Their Act'

Always an good topic when you see technologies that are working to clean up their environmental impact in some way. Looking over some Century furniture I ran acrossed an article on Diesel technology that will allow diesel vehicles to try and help "clean up their act".

Today's diesel-powered vehicles bear little resemblance to their older siblings. 'Modern' diesels are clean, quiet, low on emissions, high on power and very fuel efficient. No wonder many European and Asian car companies plan to bring more diesel-powered passenger vehicles into the U.S. market.

"Harmful exhaust emissions in modern diesel passenger cars have been reduced by 95 percent and fuel economy increased by 30 percent, with much of this improvement due to the diesel common rail system developed by Bosch," said Al Krenz, director of service for Robert Bosch LLC. full story

Audi to Launch the Cleanest Diesel In The World

From mid-2008 Audi will be putting the cleanest diesel technology in the world into series production. Now that is something you wouldn't mind having on your personalized pens for the company. The new TDI engines with their ultra-low emission system combine the spontaneous performance and superior pulling power of today’s TDI power units with outstanding fuel consumption figures and incomparably low emissions.

“Audi is a trailblazer when it comes to diesel power. Since 1989, over 4.5 millions cars have rolled off the production line with the highly efficient TDI technology under the bonnet. By equipping the R10 TDI sports prototype with this technology, we have just won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a diesel-powered car for the second time. The Audi R8 racing cars with TFSI petrol direct injection took victory on five occasions at Le Mans. We have been incorporating the key findings from the world of motorsport directly into series-production development,” emphasises Michael Dick, Board Member for Technical Development at AUDI AG. “By so doing, we are demonstrating how TDI and TFSI represent the ultimate in efficiency, driving pleasure and economy both on the road and on the racetrack.” read more

New Company in China to Produce Diesel Common Rail Systems

DENSO Corporation today announced that on June 1 it established a wholly owned company, DENSO (Changzhou) Fuel Injection System Co., Ltd., to produce common rail systems for diesel vehicles in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. The investment will total approximately four billion yen. Guess you'd need on hell of a coin sorter to work with that kind of scratch.

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