Why so few diesel cars in the U.S.?DAN JEDLICKA
Diesel cars vs Petrol cars First reason: Diesel fuel burns much slower compared to petrol. So if you take two containers one with diesel fuel and other with petrol and you ignite it. What happens, petrol burns much faster instantaneously, and diesel burns much slower. That means you will ha...
i.e. a regular motorway commute rather than lots of short trips. Diesel cars give better fuel economy than their petrol counterparts, as well as offering more torque on tap for those who want to tow or the like.
UntilGTRevivalis ready to evolve sim racing some time in 2025, we’ve still got hypotheticals to explore in PC2, scores to settle, and cars to tame. There are lines around the infamous ‘roller coaster’ Portimao circuit that only a Lotus 98T can take, and we intend to find...
WhyDiesel-poweredCarsAreInandElectricCarsAreOut?为什么柴油车而不是电动车第五组：游超变得时髦起来？周新坪 占城曹严 Paragraphone Strangeasitmayseem,dieselisstakingaclaimtobetheenvironmentallyfriendlyfuelofthefuture.as:引导让步状语从句stakeaclaim：坚持要求，赌注，发表声明，代表尽管听起来很奇怪，柴油将代表着...
In 2019, life-cycle emissions for electric trucks (both battery electric and hydrogen fuel cells) were higher than for diesel trucks. There were a few reasons for this. First, the electricity grid and hydrogen production depended heavily on fossil fuel power sources at the time. High-carbon en...
lot of fun that night, made 3 runs against the same R32 skyline over and over where the skyline owner kept turning up his boost, he couldn’t believe an Audi beeing that fast. And a lot of people didn’t even recognize it as beeing a RS6, someone even asked: Is that a diesel?
Do any cars still use carburetors? Nearly all cars sold before 1990, as well as small equipment like lawn mowers and chain saws, use carburetors because they are simple and inexpensive. But fuel injection systems are becoming nearly universal because it provides better fuel efficiency and lower...
Though an encouraging step in the right direction, for fleets weaned on the convenience of a five-minute diesel fill-up to fuel a day’s deliveries, these power limitations present fresh challenges, and the solution requires new tools. The need for this type of VIN-level data is rising exp...
In Europe, some 50% of the passenger cars on the road are diesel, in the US, about 4%. That’s right, just 4%, why? Polls reveal that Americans just aren’t as comfortable with diesel-engined passenger cars and some say it has to do with Oldsmobile. Here’s the story: ...