Diesel power has advantages but won’t reduce dependence on foreign oil (The Post and Courier)

March 6th, 2010 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines, General

When it was learned Volkswagen is coming back to the U.S. diesel engine market, many potential buyers are reminded of past ill-fated attempts in selling diesels to Americans. The diesel Oldsmobile comes to mind as a complete disaster when the General Motors division tried to convert an ordinary gasoline engine to diesel. It was unsuccessful, to put it mildly. VW – and other European carmakers …

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250 jobs headed to Aiken Co. (WIS News 10 Columbia)

March 5th, 2010 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines

Two-hundred and fifty jobs are headed to Aiken County after a diesel engine company announced plans to open a new facility in the area.

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E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID: The First Diesel Hybrid from Mercedes-Benz (The Auto Channel)

March 2nd, 2010 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines

STUTTGART – March 2, 2010: With the E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID being presented at the Geneva Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz is offering a look ahead to Western Europe’s first diesel hybrid. It pairs a 2.2-litre four-cylinder diesel engine developing 150 kW (204 hp) with a powerful hybrid module.

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2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty Leads Heavy-Duty Trucks in Capability, Now Fuel Economy, Too (The Auto Channel)

February 25th, 2010 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines, Engines

DEARBORN, Mich., Feb. 25, 2010;The most capable heavy-duty pickup in America – the Ford F-Series Super Duty – also is the most powerful and fuel efficient for the 2011 model year, offering customers their choice of either gas or diesel engines — Fuel economy on the all-new 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty equipped with the 6.7-liter Power Stroke® V-8 diesel engine averages an 18 percent …

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Diesel engine execs finalize plans (The Augusta Chronicle)

February 24th, 2010 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines

Corporate executives from Germany will be in Graniteville next week to formally announce Sage Mill Industrial Park as the new site for a diesel engine manufacturing plant.

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