Few industries have suffered so badly from a veritable sea of external forces as the automotive industry in the last 10 years or so. Part of these problems have to do with the industry’s lethargy during the 80s and 90s, inefficient practices and bloated vehicle ranges. Due to foreign competition, an increasing fuel price, more [...]
If you have been introduced to the world of making biodiesel, then you will know that with patience and dedication you can achieve a freedom level that you have never seen and make savings as well. While the cost of petrol and petro diesel may have fallen back from the highs that plagued the US [...]
As the automotive industry becomes more sustainable and moves toward better fuel mileage efficiencies, longer-lasting engines and a significant reduction in carbon emissions, manufacturers have also been paying attention to improvements in diesel engines. As such, conventional petrol diesel now has an alternative low sulfur option and this is definitely of interest to those who [...]
During the great recession, the auto industry in the USA took a hammering and this served to accelerate a trend toward more efficient cars. Gasoline prices are no longer low, and lumbering, inefficient cars are now alien as we have seen the problems caused by very expensive fuel, even without a recession.
We are now likely [...]
Dr. Rudolf Diesel invented the well known diesel engine, in the 1890s. The engine’s development was basically an answer to the rudimentary steam engines that had been in existence since the auto-mobile emerged. Steam engines were known to be dangerous and could be very unreliable, not like the diesel engine, which was then popular.
The diesel [...]