Green Car Journal has named the Jetta TDI as Green Car of the Year
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27825003/
I think this is a nice step in the direction of the acceptance of diesels in the NA market.
Green Car Journal has named the Jetta TDI as Green Car of the Year
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27825003/
I think this is a nice step in the direction of the acceptance of diesels in the NA market.
Nice to see we're making progress.
About time a diesel car gets labelled as green
Are diesel's actually better for the environment though?
Depends. Some emissions are better, some worse. They do generally get better mileage, especially in bigger vehicles. The real tradeoff comes in cost vs mileage, but that's not environmental. I'm just worried they'll become the next hybrid and the smug levels will start rising again.
absolutely. I would say that a diesel produces more CO2 in first place, but it can be lowered, producing more NOx though, but I would need to check some of my books.
and the particulate filter is preventing the performance to raise as in the past between each new model. it can be basically seen as a sort of plug in the exhaust, since it works better when it is almost filled with entrapped particulate, but lowering (a lot) the pressure in the exhaust, and as we now all diesel works with a turbocharging system, which in turn works with pressure.
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Overall though, are the higher nitrous oxide emissions enough to offset the lower carbon dioxide emissions?
So?
Motortrend's Car of the Year is the GT-R.
CO2 is the result of the combustion, something you can't get rid completely, and it's quite natural too, even if in big quantities is not a good thing for the environment. NOx are toxics, and much more difficult to reduce.
finally, gas exhausted by a diesel stink, if compared to those of a petrol.
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you should wonder what they could make without it though
considering LMP/GT engines usually run with air restrictors and so on, it shouldn't have been a big deal for them to install the filter (and I could even argue if those filters really work or work as those we both have on our cars)
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all BMW, Mercedes and Audi diesels now come with a filter. no performance problems there I would say. If you are already using exhaust turbo charging, which all modern diesels do, then the need for a free flowing exhaust system becomes less urgent than when using an atmospheric engine...
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