A well-running and adequately maintained diesel engine should produce no visible smoke from the tailpipe. Modern diesel engines equipped with common-rail direct-injection technology have unlocked more ...

The California Air Resources Board has penalized LKQ Corporation, a Chicago-based provider of alternative and specialty automotive parts, for selling used diesel particulate filters, which is illegal ...

A prominent science magazine whose storied archives include articles from Albert Einstein recently wrote about new diesel technology which has been shown to drastically reduce soot. The December ...

With wildfire ash spreading across Western Washington, cars are a little dirty these days. Even before the debris from charred flora blew this way, Fabian Borowiecki’s car needed a wash. The Everett ...

Chrysler has announced the recall of 186,099 model year 2007-09 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty pickup trucks equipped with the 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engine. The voluntary recall has been issued ...

Soot particles are dangerous – there is nothing new in this knowledge. But what is it that makes fine particulates dangerous? Is it only diesel soot from vehicle engines? Does the danger also come ...

Chemical engineers are using the summer staple in testing methods to improve efficiency of diesel engines. Chemical engineers testing methods to improve efficiency of diesel engines while maintaining ...

ABSTRACT Low temperature combustion (LTC) strategies, which can mitigate emissions of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) from diesel engines, typically have longer ignition delays ...

We’ve all heard of the smoke test, and we know that it’s the lowest possible bar for performance of an electronic device. If it doesn’t burst into flames when power is applied, you’re good to go for ...