Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858–1913), a German thermal engineer, invented the diesel engine and patented it in 1893. Unlike their gasoline counterparts, which ignite an air/fuel mixture using spark plugs, diesel engines compress air to a...

A fuel used to power internal COMBUSTION engines. It is derived from the distillation of PETROLEUM. It has a higher distillation range (at between 200–370°C, i.e. between 392–698°F) than does PETROL, a characteristic that is used...

Liquid fuels for use in internal-combustion engines are extracted and refined from crude oil, with diesel fuels being part of the middle distillate or kerosene fraction. Kerosene was initially derived from coal pyrolysis. The initial main use of...

Diesel or diesel fuel (IPA: /ˈdiːzəl/; voiced "s" because of its eponym) is a specific fractional distillate of petroleum fuel oil or a washed form of vegetable oil that is used as fuel in a diesel engine invented by German engineer Rudolf Diesel in...

As this week's edition makes clear, diesel fuel is very much in the news these days. Fuel prices, having just set a new high for the year, have everyone's attention. But the latest revelations about the industry s future fuel - ultra-low-sulfur diesel -also...

Ever since Trailer Boats was founded in 1971, I have had a keen interest in diesel engines. On numerous occasions since that time, I predicted that diesel power would some day become very popular among trailer boaters. OK, I know the magazine is...

Popular European diesels face a gantlet of tough emissions laws in this country. Starting in 2007, all cars sold in the U.S. must comply with the Tier 2 regulations that began phasing in with the 2004 models. These emissions regulations make no distinction between gasoline...

Truck and bus maker AB Volvo on Tuesday made a $1.07 billion offer to take over Japan's Nissan Diesel Motor Co. in which the Swedish company already owns 19 percent, Volvo said.Nissan Diesel's board supported the $4.52 cash per share offer, which represented a premium...