Renewable diesel as a drop-in fuel for diesel combustion engines is starting to gain traction in the U.S. trucking industry, said suppliers, distributors and federal energy researchers. Industry ...

Diesel engine exhaust contains pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and soot particles. Although governments from the late 1990s onward encouraged their uptake in the belief they were more ...

You don't often see the words "clean" and "diesel" put together like that, but get ready for some big changes to the diesel landscape. Starting in October 2006, gas stations and truck stops will sell ...

Penray has added Total Diesel Fuel System Cleaner to its Power Fleet product line. The diesel fuel treatment is formulated to dissolve and disperse asphaltenes and provide a total fuel system cleaning ...

Volkswagen promises significantly cleaner diesel engines by using regenerative diesel fuels. The CO2 emissions can be reduced by a whopping 95%. No word on the NOx emissions, though. The company ...

Clean Diesel Technologies Inc. says results of initial engine testing at San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute show the company's clean diesel formulation reduced particulate matter by 33% ...

This article was produced by Qatar Foundation for Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine's board of editors. LNG carriers like this one cost at least $400 million.

For 17 years, trucker Colin Birch has been hitting the highways to collect used cooking oil from restaurants. He works for Vancouver-based renderer West Coast Reduction Ltd, which processes the grease ...

INDIANAPOLIS—While clean energy is the future, diesel will primarily power trucking’s near future. But as more U.S. fleets face a patchwork of regulations nationwide, planning will be imperative. “The ...