Category Archives: Industry

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Cummins produces two-millionth diesel for Ram trucks

In the 1980′s GM was failing miserably at diesel pickups. With their converted gasoline V8, they had leaking and problem prone engines which blew apart every 15,000 miles on average….

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Algae-based diesel fuel now on sale in California

Beginning this week, a retailer of renewable fuels and clean mobility solutions PropelFuels and renewable oil and bio-products company Solazyme are now offering algae-derived fuel to retail consumers in four…

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Hertz brings Volkswagen Jetta TDI to rental fleet

Hertz, the world’s largest general use airport car rental brand, announces the introduction of the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta TDI clean diesel car into its Green Traveler Collection, becoming the first…

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BMW to add new four-cylinder diesel in America

This week, BMW has announced that more diesel engines will be coming to the American market. While the company has been offering its high performance six-cylinder diesel in the x5…

Clean Diesel 21% Of Volkswagen’s 2011 Sales

Volkswagen has had one of the best December’s in sales since 1972 so they say. Their overall sales in the United States were up an astonishing 26.3 percent for 2011,…

First 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI Delivered

Volkswagen today delivered the first, customer-purchased 2012 Passat TDI Clean Diesel to Matt Duchesne of San Jose, CA. The 2012 Passat met its first owner after months of anticipation, beginning…

Diesel Car Tide Finally Turning For America?

There is nothing more fickle in the American car market than the product plans of automakers relative to diesel cars. The majority of American brands as well as Japanese brands…

Audi VW Loses TDI Trademark In Europe

Audi lost a court case in the European Union to protect its famed TDI name as its own. The popular name for their clean diesel engines has been trademarked in…

2011 Jetta TDI In KBB Top 10 Green Cars

The 2011 Volkswagen Golf TDI was chosen today by Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com as one of the Top 10 Green Cars of 2011. This year, kbb.com editors considered the leading…