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With diesel prices down and drivers increasingly focused on getting the most out of every drop of fuel, some European automakers think the U.S. market may finally be ready to embrace diesel cars.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - It’s been quite a while since Paul Walker last strapped himself into a customized high-octane vehicle and sped toward a huge opening weekend. The first time was in 2001’s “The Fast and the Furious” and the last time was six years ago in “2 Fast 2 Furious.” But now the guy who opted out of the third installment, saying that he’d had enough, has happily reunited with his original castmates in “Fast & Furious,” which hits theaters on April 3.
Fresh off adopting a sweeping plan to reduce greenhouse gases, California air regulators are considering cracking down on pollution from nearly a million diesel trucks that crowd the state's highways each year.
Diesel fuel was on heavy discount at a rural Wisconsin convenience store — just 59 cents a gallon.
A Mexican border city has begun fining U.S. drivers who cross the border to fill extra drums, tanks or barrels with government-subsidized Mexican fuel.
With the price of diesel skyrocketing, farmers and ranchers around the country are being targeted by ne'er-do-wells armed with syphon hoses and pumps.
Vin Diesel is a dad. Diesel, star of "The Pacifier" and "The Chronicles of Riddick," and his girlfriend, model Paloma Jimenez, welcomed a baby girl in Los Angeles on April 2, his representative, Meredith O'Sullivan, said in an e-mail Friday.
Police have linked the large-scale theft of diesel fuel from a western Pennsylvania convenience store to a specially equipped pickup truck trailer with a trap door and a vacuum hose.
Bobby Lee Julien, who’s driven a fuel tanker for 27 years, was near the end of his route. It was 3 a.m. when he pulled up at a stop sign off State Highway 225 in Houston.
Vin Diesel has stopped chasing bad guys long enough to endorse the president of the Dominican Republic for re-election.
Diesel-powered vehicles haven’t enjoyed the best reputation in the United States, despite the well-known benefit of impressive fuel efficiency. Consumers have long been unimpressed by other traits, such as their black clouds of exhaust soot, ear-rattling racket and, ahem, let’s call it “stately” acceleration.
Diesel engines mainly power trucks, buses and construction equipment in the U.S., and they have long been scorned by environmentalists concerned about air pollution.
Ford Motor Co. will soon unveil a new series of large F-Series pickup trucks powered by an optional new clean-burning diesel engine, company officials said Monday.
The man who made "12 Angry Men," "Serpico," "Network" and "Dog Day Afternoon" clearly sees something more in action star Vin Diesel than most people do.
I just had to get this off my chest, so please bear with me.
With all of the recent debates over Global warming or more aptly called climate change and the political debates on cap and trade taxation, it seems appropriate to do a few articles on where our energy really comes from and how it is utilized.
Music: Galveston - Glen Campbell Gasoline was about 25 cents a gallon around 1967, and diesel fuel was about 13 cents a gallon. We lived on the north side of Houston, and we went to Galveston on quite a few week ends. I had a 1950 Ford pickup, and we used it to go to Galveston.
The race is on: 100 miles on just 1 gallon - The Boston GlobeAs part of the second Boston GreenFest, seven teams will attempt to drive their homemade cars from Greenfield to Boston City Hall Plaza, a distance of 100 miles, using just 1 gallon of gasoline.
The announcement by Lord Adonis and Prime Minister Gordon Brown last week to electrify two main rail routes in Britain, the Great Western route from London to Bristol and Swansea, and the Stephenson's era line from Liverpool to Manchester; has been widely welcomed by passengers …
FedEx converts 92 delivery trucks to diesel hybridsI've said over and over again, along with a lot of other people, that hybrid technology would make the biggest environmental impact if used in delivery trucks, municipal vehicles, and mail trucks.
Let's enjoy our communities now and celebrate what they have to offer!Although there will be bumps along the way our Economy has stabilized. Consequently, enjoy a treat now and buy something for you and/or your family today.
Are You Happy With The Results Of The Stimulus Thus Far?In order for the US economy to thrive we have to immediately do two things which we are currently not doing: 1) Convince the Global Market that our commercial paper offered by Wall Street is sound and has value.
Democrats Sell Out McArthur's Bakery In St. LouisBusiness in America just want a level plating field.
Stimulus law gives tax breaks in several areas (Not To Taxpayers)It is time to bring Change to Congress! Big Government, Outrageous Federal Spending, and a "Re-Distribution of Wealth Focus" are unsustainable policies.
Will New Prices Prevent Us From Attaining Our American Dream?The answer is Yes, if we can only purchase certain appliances, light bulbs, etc.
More than 25 wounded after historic train derails More than 25 people were injured, some seriously, after a historic diesel-run train derailed after crashing into a truck at an unmanned railway crossing in the Eifel region in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate on Saturday.
Fuji-Heavy-to-Sell-Hybrid-Car-Introduce-New-DieselSubaru's parent, Fuji Heavy Industries, is working on new hybird and diesel engines that could see daylight by 2012.
U.S. Drops Funding for Research Into Vehicle Fuel CellsCars powered by hydrogen fuel cells, once hailed by President George W.
Shaq to fight in MMA?"We can work drills 20 times through, and he works his tail off on everything," Burke said. "He has way more talent with this stuff than people would imagine."
Top Gear Does What Detroit Can't: 70+ MPG, 0-60 in 7 Seconds, $7,000On Feb. 20, TopGear.com declared war on oil, poverty and slow cars, all at the same time. We naively proposed that we could build the car that no car company could manage to build themselves.
Except for Europeans, Vehicle Manufacturers Ditch Diesel PlansNOTE: Subaru is planning a diesel Legacy and Outback, but it will probably not make it to the states until 2011.
Not Electric, Not Hybrid, But Still Green - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.comGENEVA – Sure, there are electric cars here at the auto show, but many are the same ones we saw earlier in Detroit (Chrysler 200C) and Paris (Heuliez Friendly).
Bloomberg.com: Diesel Loses Premium to Gas as Jetta Autos AppreciateFeb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Diesel, which has traded consistently above gasoline in the U.S. since July 2007, will sell at a discount by April as a global recession saps demand for the world's most-consumed transport fuel and inventories rise.
Vandals 'behead' 2,400 Christmas treesUnknown perpetrators have cut off the tops of some 2,400 Christmas trees and sprayed them with diesel fuel in the town of Kamp-Lintfort in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, according to Cologne daily Express.
Virtually every train locomotive in the U.S.A. today (except for steam engines that happily pollute the air on rail roads that carry only tourists and history lovers) is a diesel/electric.
BMW 3-Series Diesel to Get 36 mpg on the HighwayBMW on Tuesday released fuel-economy and pricing details for its upcoming diesel versions of the 3-series and X5. The diesels will be shown at the Los Angeles auto show next week, ahead of their launch in the U.S. market.
BMW Goes Diesel - 2008 Los Angeles Auto ShowRemember the 524td? It was the last diesel-powered car that BMW offered here in the U.S., and it was new about 20 years ago.
And the Green Car of the Year Is...LOS ANGELES -- The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI was named Green Car of the Year Thursday, the first time a diesel has won the award.
Scientist Discovers Fungus That Could Fuel A Car Unprocessed : NPRA researcher at Montana State University has found a micro-organism in a plant in South America that could fuel vehicles one day. The unusual fungus contains the essence of diesel, which one could use to run a bus, for example, without processing it at all. More Articles
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