Posts Tagged ‘UniversityOfTennessee’
click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDIDiesel fuel prices are hovering about 20 above gasoline on average. It seems that automakers are a bit worried this disparity could have a negative impact on their upcoming diesel-powered cars and trucks. While it's true that Volkswage......
Le Mans organizers target diesels with new rules
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Audi R10 at Le MansDiesel power has emerged as the dominating fuel in Le Mans series endurance racing, with Audi and Peugeot competing neck-and-neck for top honors. But that's about to change, if the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) has anything to say about......
Toyota developing clean-diesel V8 for Tundra/Sequoia
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Diesel Dually TundraToyota has earned its reputation for producing fuel efficient vehicles, but one dent in the Japanese automaker's armor has been the gas-guzzling Tundra and Sequoia. To help rectify the situation, Toyota Engineers have been working hard on a......
Audi to offer electric vehicles within ten years
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Audi has been quietly going about the business of preparing its lineup for a green future, with cleaner and more efficient diesels in Europe, and oil-burners scheduled for the US in the near future. While the German automaker realizes diesel will be big in the next 10 years, it's also planning for l......
Analysts predict diesels to make up 20% of U.S. market by 2020
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Hybrid vehicles may hold most of the headlines right now, but both analysts and industry insiders agree that oil burners will comprise a far greater slice of the automotive propulsion market by 2020. BorgWarner CEO Tim Manganello told the SAE Automotive World Congress in Detroit that diesels would a......
New York 2008: Mercedes burns oil and rubber
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery from Daimler's press conferenceJust like any good political campaign, Mercedes came to the New York Auto Show touting nothing much as a whole lot. Actually, the faux political rally might have been less than compelling with its old news, but the new M Class sporting ......
Skoda Fabia Pictorial Review - Exteriors
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Similar to the European market, Indian market will soon see more premium hatchbacks. Soon you can pick a hatchback from Rs1lakh nano to Rs20lakh mini. The B+ (or) premium hatchback is all set evolve in India with the introduction Skoda’s new Fabia. Skoda which is known as for its octavia’s and l......
New speed clocking system could exhaust radar/laser detectors
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006
New Scientist magazine reports that researchers at the University of Tennessee and Batelle Institute have applied for patents on a system that detects the speed of a passing vehicle based on its exhaust note.The system uses microphones to capture the sound of a passing car, and then filters out all ......