Europe loves turbo diesel-powered automobiles and it is hardly a surprise why. Truth be told, hybrid vehicles and their electric counterparts still have a long way to go to make sense range-wise and ...

Diesel particulate filters help cleanse exhaust and give us cleaner air to breathe, but they cause frequent grief and expense. Diesel particulate filters are one of the major additions to exhaust ...

Cobus has never been able to keep his car opinions to himself and at age 12, he expressed them in no uncertain terms to a certain motoring magazine’s editor. It was the first of many times he would be ...

How DPFs trap soot and ash to reduce emissions. How regular maintenance acn prevent DPF failure and costly replacements. Signs of DPF issues that should prompt immediate attention. How proper oil and ...

General Motors has been hard at work developing an aftertreatment system that incorporates an electrically heated diesel particulate filter. According to GM, this technology promises to cut the “fuel ...

Researchers in Nigeria say water in diesel emulsions could significantly reduce nitrogen oxides and particulate emissions ...

Volkswagen has yet to get modifications to reduce the emissions of TDI diesel cars with illegal "defeat device" software approved by U.S. regulators. But while it continues to wrestle with that ...

The particulate filter is pretty much mandatory in diesel cars these days. Its association with diesel-powered cars brought it the handle DPF, which stands for diesel particulate filter. Now, though, ...

Driver ignorance could push petrol back up the fleet agenda if problems persist with diesel particulate filters (DPFs). Car manufacturers say the only issue with DPF technology is that if a vehicle’s ...

In years gone by it was common to see a heavy black cloud of smoke trailing behind vehicles powered by diesel engines, but that's a thing of the past with today's clean diesel engines. One of the ways ...