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Clean Diesel Invasion!


In America we still think of diesel cars as loud and stinky, but in the last few years, clean-burning diesel engines have become quite desireable as a fuel-efficient choice for the rest of the world. So guess what, folks are predicting that the larges automobile market in the world (the U.S.) is about to catch up.

By 2010, diesels will be burning up American roads. Right now our options are limited to large trucks and some Volkswagon and Mercedes models. But soon we can expect American diesels from every manufacturer in America except Ford.

The good news is that diesel cars get better gas mileage than their gasoline counter parts and are only marginally more expensive. The Mercedes BuTec diesel line (pictured above) has already been touted as some of the most fuel efficient luxury cars in America.

You can read more about the coming of the diesels at BusinessWeek and AutoBlogGreen.
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written by Concerned, July 18, 2007
Some companies just dont simply realize yet that we are shooting for NO Gas, No Diesel, and no E85. We want only Electric. I dont want myself and my children dependent upon foreign countries.

The Chevrolet is the only major company out there with a clue when it comes to this future stuff. Check out the Chevy Volt Concept. Thats what I'm talking about.
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Honda is beating them to it
written by Steve, July 18, 2007
Honda is releasing a clean diesel Accord in American in September of 2007

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/Honda-Accord/225926/

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Why not Ford.
written by Rob, July 18, 2007
Why aren't Ford going to produce diesel cars in the USA. They already have a range of proven diesel engines, used in the UK, for cars and vans.

Surely it should be simple matter of shipping the designs back home.
My Ford Fiesta does a steady 52mpg and when the petrol/diesel blockade was on a few years ago, I managed well over 60mpg, with a light right foot.
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written by Peeples, July 18, 2007
Yeah, wait until lazy Americans let the urea tank go dry.
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written by Erik, July 18, 2007
Vehicle Diesel has another benefit not quickly noticed. Because biodiesel may be mixed in any ratio and burned in any diesel engine (stand-by generators as well), we can control our own fuel supply safely. Gasoline (and ethanol) are explosive. Diesel and biodiesel are not. They burn, but do not explode like in the action movies.

The real benefit though is that vegetable oil may be used to fuel diesel engines. Straight veg oil (SVO), waste veg oil (WVO),100% biodiesel (B100), 20 i;odiesel (B20) .... starting to see a pattern ? This all leads to the point of supply and storage. Petroleum is highly regulated to transport, distribute, transfer, AND store. Vegetable oil is well,... vegetable oil. If it is missing the glycerin, because it's been converted to biodiesel, it's still safe to store at home and can keep us independent at a different level.

We must have a diesel engine to consume biodiesel though.
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written by immrlizard, July 19, 2007
@ Concerned

As nice as an electric vehicle would be nice to have, there are many flawed concepts in their wake. One and probably the most relevant is where do we get the electric from? The US has the worst electric grid of any developed country. We are too worried about invading other countries to make a buck to fix what is wrong here.

If by some chance they overcome all of the negatives facing them and do manage to create a usable electric vehicle I wouldn't buy one from GM. They have proven their inability to put out a reliable vehicle.
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Good for other countries
written by commonjoe, July 19, 2007
Diesel is a better, more fuel efficient engine than gasoline and a step closer to green.

Biodiesel is a good source of cleaner fuel, but unless you start creating it from algae oil then we're in the same boat as Opec oil. Currently the only efficient source is used vegetable oil, as opposed to fresh. You get into ethical issues when you start destroying potential food supply to run cars. However, if we start using desert areas for high yield oil algae farms then we get much closer to greenness and self reliance.
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written by vee, July 20, 2007
I don't know which is worse - the (bio)diesel cult or the PHEV zealots. More annoying than Jehovah's Witnesses or Hare Krishnas.
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Biodiesel from chicken fat
written by Andreas, July 22, 2007
> Currently the only efficient source is used vegetable oil, as opposed to fresh.

I've been filling up my Jetta TDI with biodiesel made from chicken fat. We have a lot of chicken farms in Georgia, and some enterprising folks have been turning the trimmings from the butchering process into diesel fuel.

It's wonderful stuff compared to standard diesel: no smoke, less smell during start-up, and the engine runs much smoother and quieter. The only downside is that I loose about 2 MPG (39 MPG vs. 41 MPG).
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Advantage Of Clean Diesel
written by adrieldenzel, November 29, 2008
When clean diesel came into existence the engine performance as been become good in condition along with the good quality of clean diesel used. But you have to look for the diesel filters and as to be changed for every six months.That keeps your vehicle in a good condition.
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Up coming technology in vehicle is going to change the entire diesel engine vehicles in there performance and the smoke emission that comes from the vehicle also reduces. This vehicle uses the new and improved clean diesel in the vehicles.
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Diesel Cars in UK
written by Willie, January 10, 2009
I have a Dodge Caliber with a 2.0 CRD diesel engine.

A well equiped car with reversing sensors, power windows, air con, ESP, power mirrors I also get 138 BHP, loads of torque, )-60 in around 8.8 seconds and - around 45 MPG.

Of course it has a Volkswagen / Audi diesel engine and with performanc like this very few in the UK buy the slower andless efficient petrol cars.

Additionally my wife has a Chrysler PT Cruiser and again in the UK this comes with a 2.2 ( 148 BHP) Mercedes diesel engine.

Again mileage in the 40's per gallon and again no one in the UK buys the 2.4 petrol.

Quite why the USA does not do diesel like the Europeans is a mystery, but there must be a reason.

Indeed, Audi are now developed a Formula 1 diesel and indeed, their big luxury cars, just like BMW and Mercedes all offer diesels. ( and in fact the Chrysler 300 C with a 3.0 litre mercedes CRD and 35 MPG is sellng like hotcakes in the UK!)

Anyway, US consumers are being denied a more fuel efficient option with a lower carbon footprint.
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Why limit ourselves
written by csmoke, July 01, 2009
Everyone is talking about the Chevy Volt, where Tesla (american company), already has a working model. They are talking about clean diesels, which can be cleaner with biodiesel. Finally everyone is talking about gasoline hybrids, where fossil fuel or E85 (the destruction of the environment from increased farm land) are still the main component. Do we not see a pattern of innovation here. Where is the tribrid. A biodiesel paired with an electric motor engine fueled with hydrogen fuel cell. Why limit ourselves just to keep up with the government. You bring me this car or truck and I'll mortgage my house, if I can get a loan. But we need to be clear, all of these advancements are great, but when an American company introduces the new tribrid, I'll have new faith in the auto industry.

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