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Originally posted by jpahemi
Can the diesel engine be the new era of power plants? Consdider that the whole ignition variable is completely removed, that would seem beneficial from a failure point.
I can believe the car doesn't smoke and is incredibly quiet.
Any thoughts?
j.p.
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The disesel engine can, and has been a new era of power plants for the past 20 years in Europe. TDI techology is nothing new, and it is amazing to me that those engines are so little implemented in the USA. The only examples are the Audi and VW TDI, and some of them get better gas mileage than the electric hybrid vehicles. Why they get so little publicity, and why the electric hybrid gets so much publicity in the US is a mystery to me. Even particle emission are much lower than they used to be.
Aurel