Why Diesel Cars Are Disappearing

[@toddstidham8374]

Fun fact, Rudolph Diesel originally designed the engine for farmers to run on vegetable oil or coal dust, two fuels that farmers would normally already have on the farm, and as far as vegetable oil, could even produce themselves.

[@RichardASK]

Older diesels can easily run on used UK Chipshop oil. You can smell them.

[@arcanondrum6543]

More "fun" facts: 1. Bio - diesel has fewer harmful emissions. 2. _(edited)_ Rudolph Diesel died under mysterious circumstances. 3. After his death, Standard Oil named a filthy petroleum distillation "Diesel Fuel". 4. _(edited)_ Though Water is literally a molecule of two Hydrogen atoms and one Oxygen atom, Oil Companies insisted that Fuel Cell Cars (that's : Electric Cars with a Fuel Cell instead of a Battery) get their hydrogen from cracking Natural Gas to get Hydrogen. By the way, how DO you extract the Hydrogen Atoms from Water? You "Crack it" by running electricity through water *(HELLO Green Energy Storage Method!).* In other words, the stank of the greed of oil companies may end most life on Earth if you believe in Climate Change, as I do. There are still people in jail for smoking a drug not sold by a pharmaceutical or a tobacco company but the greedy stank pigs still have their freedom, many of them not paying their share of Taxes. *See? I promised you "fun".* .

[@someguy9520]

He actually ran his first working prototype on peanut oil of all things

[@pierceyu4546]

My cousin who once drove a diesel suv would top it off with cooking oil and it would still run!

[@someguy9520]

@@pierceyu4546 thats nothing new. there is a huge community that reuses old frying oil for diesel fuel. If you fillter it down to like 5 micron, you could use it in pretty much any diesel engine. though mixing it with regular diesel is a good idea, since pure oil tends to be thicker, therefore more strain on the fuelpump and worse fuel atomaziation

[@trollmctrollface7450]

The background music isn't loud enough! I almost heard someone talking in the video!

[@vishalgvk3419]

Exactly and why is it just drums ????😂

[@CannabisTechLife]

Mine seems fine, maybe adjust your eq.

[@drewjeff7808]

Turn on subs

[@testaccount603]

Dubstep yeahhh

[@aps-c1766]

Talking? I thought they singing?

[@bradrenfrew2749]

As a diesel tech and someone who is very involved with the diesel trade, it boggles my mind why there hasn't been more research into tiny 2 cylinder diesel hybrids in cars. It would be small enough to not produce much emissions and be hands down the cleanest and most efficient thing on the road

[@bradrenfrew2749]

@Retired Bore not in regards to small diesel engines. A 2-3 cylinder Kubota will weigh more then a gas engine of equal size but the efficiency is still leaps ahead of gas engine. And plus in those hp ratings it sint required to be in t4f. This are engines used to power small diesel generators that run at constant load for insane hours on end. Plus the weight isn't that much greater tbh. The use much lighter parts on those baby diesels. I can pick one up off of the ground by myself. Diesel hybrid has entered equipment more prominently recently and already it shows how absolutely amazing it is. The noise is the only thing with those that are noisy but even then new mini diesel gens in rv have also become very quiet. It's very easily durable. But I know the biggest kicker is would be too expensive

[@warrenpuckett4203]

Ist go bad diesel, bad diesel then take it to the diesel pond. Next bad gas engine, bad gas engine & take that to the pond. Well I guess I need to move to country side and get a Tennessee walking horse. Oh and just how do think you can go cross country on a horse relying completely on that 1 horsepower transportation? You can not. Yep you have to get on a freeway. And you don't have enough horsepower.

[@turboflush]

Gas = hp. Diesel = tq. Electric = tq. Hybrids use the electric to get moving then gas takes over with the hp curve. Thus why diesel not used.

[@warrenpuckett4203]

@@turboflush Diesels are heavier, noisier and more expensive to make. Don't fit well in FWD configurations if the diesel has enough HP to move the SUV up hills at the speed desired say on New Mexico freeways. The low temperature starting problem and gelling of the fuel also does not lead to a turn key situation either. But mostly: If it breaks a nail. Requires paying attention to gauges. It won't sell. Besides that diesels are smelly. But not if you are burning used McDonalds frying oil.

[@adrianvasile4683]

Because of the DPF which is very expensive and the gain doesn't justify the cost.

[@tristanclark7795]

lol the dude talking about all semis and long haulers going electric as soon as late 2020s is more than extremely optimistic haha

[@iiceman2431]

True that

[@Bartonovich52]

Why. All of the technology already exists with electric motors, storage batteries for off grid, and overhead tram wires either completely or on certain stretches in-motion charging for long distances. Logistics companies that adapt will be at an advantage, while ones that don’t will no longer be profitable. And just like steam locomotives disappeared, so will diesel trucks.

[@mercury6765]

@@Bartonovich52 who is going to fund the investment in overhead tram-like infrastructure? Will take a long time for electric trucks to be the norm. There’s not even one on the market yet, the Tesla truck hasn’t launched yet.

[@francisbarnett320]

@@Bartonovich52 But you haven't calculated where you 're going to get the power to run the trucks, and the tractors, and the harvesters. Diesel is dead? You are away with the fairies.

[@geoben1810]

@@mercury6765 Consider how fast aircraft technology advanced in the 10 years after Kittyhawk. And everyone said it wouldn't fly. Now stop playing with your mommy's computer and go play in traffic with your little zombie friends! 🤣

[@TheSlimCognito]

I had an 89 vw jetta turbo diesel and when I got it, that thing failed emissions by a larger margin. So I grounded the car and converted it to biodiesel myself. I had it tested again about a year later and the lady couldn't believe it. The lowest emissions she had ever seen on a diesel engine. She tested it 3 times and even called someone else out with a different tester who tested it several times and it passed with flying colors every single time. Diesels originally used plant based oil when they were released but big oil personally made sure they wouldn't stay like that.

[@andrewsang4688]

Think about how much fast food Americans eat. How much oil is used every single day to fry that. Imagine filtering all of that and powering vehicles with it. And theoretically, it would be carbon neutral because the plants which created the vegetables used to create those oils were made from carbon dioxide in the air

[@thepurdychannel8866]

@@andrewsang4688 yes diesel fuel is a light oil originaly diesel engines ran on peanut oil

[@boxoffisa]

@@thepurdychannel8866 peanut oil? Lmao.

[@HailNjord]

I've heard a story of a guy that was able to get as much used cooking oil from a restaurant that he wanted. He would fill up his truck weekly with it. He had to replace the $15 fuel filter weekly but that was much cheaper than paying at the pump.

[@thepurdychannel8866]

@@HailNjord you are supposed to filter the oil first with a sieve or some sort of fine mesh filter to get the bits of food from it

[@AlgoCurioso2.0]

I wish the background music was higher. I hate to hear people talking in videos.

[@sudarshan3965]

Be complacent in what you have.

[@nachiketkejriwal9433]

what

[@EmilianoGonzalez11n6]

This guy is sarcastic I know it because the music is too loud

[@Dave5843-d9m]

Dead right. The “music bed” as used on radio shows is annoying and cheapens the content. Just don’t do it on shows like this.

[@nestorrivera4584]

Whatz

[@somervillearron]

the thing is i wonder how many car companies have cheated emmisions tests in both petrol and diesel cars without being caught?

[@SlingSalsa]

LOL, cheating, no manfuacturer of anything is going to spend a dime more per unit than is absolutely necessary. The smoke point for diesels is 18:1 AFR, 19:1 AFR makes the best power, but no manufacturer spends for adequate plumbing on any vehicle gas or diesel. This is a classic example of another type of revolving door: mfg refuses to tune anything outside of stoich (15:1 AFR for diesels), it runs dirty, they dont care so whats mandated? Emission controls that do not properly function in external environments as well as the internal environment of such a realm of operation. Parts mfg's win, the automaker wins, green swastika can continue its uninterrupted totalitarian march of lies and mischief, but you lose especially if you don't know any better. When you realize we are not allowed to have long lasting fuel sipping and super mechanical and thermally efficient technologies, because they would not have the fat of the land under their arses and in their pockets otherwise. The amount of intentionally designed throw-away technologies is mind-boggling, I mean how else would they be able to perpetually rob us all blind over 'waste', all the while gaslighting the tech that is a known functional quality while intentionally making it turn noses away en masse. This is how things are taken away, classic collective punishment.

[@michaelgayle3463]

@@SlingSalsabb. B b bbbbb

[@aaronstone6183]

More than you've seen on TV.

[@matrix2678]

they need some bs to sell advancement

[@Paul-gz5dp]

Most of them. It is easy to program computers to do anything including change votes that people cast on electronic voting machines.

[@anthonydilligaf823]

I loved my VW TDI/IDI's ..and manual transmissions. Great vehicles.

[@Gr1m3d4wg]

So sad. Are you ok buddy? I am here for you if you need me.

[@RahulBiker]

😞😞😞😞

[@JustinWood-o5h]

1000 + kms of range unlike an ev, and less than 10 mins to fill up.

[@patricklondon6006]

When diesel engines were catching on in the USA. The oil companies raised the price of diesel fuel around 30% above the price of gas.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

No that was government not oil companies, the government mandated ultra low sulfur diesel around 2008 and producing ultra low sulfur diesel costs more thus the price increase

[@lthundertree6385]

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv So basically it was the pollution costs of diesel, and refusing to hide that by dumping it on the public at large, that drove the price? P.S. In truth a huge factor in the change in relative prices was driven by the shift in demand vs gasoline. There is a natural balance of gasoline vs diesel coming out of crude oil. In the decades past refineries had to put a lot of effort into pushing away from that natural balance towards gasoline production, so diesel prices were naturally lower per energy cost. When balance of the demand switched away from gasoline towards diesel, for a number of reasons, this wasn't so much the case. So the $ per Kj cost of the fuels (remember that diesel has more energy in it per gallon) came much closer to equal.

[@paulwilliams2024]

Patrick London No the government causes the raise in prices of diesel

[@scottgordon1781]

The government in South Africa did the same thing with the diesel price. It used to be way cheaper than petrol. Then they just added more tax to make it similar in cost to petrol.

[@peterdaniel66]

even though it costs a LOT less to make..

[@opalyankaBG]

So, they're not really disappearing.

[@randomkoreanguy]

For trucks and other work vehicles vital to our infrastructure, there just isn't a viable replacement. As much as Tesla's and other manufacturer's electric trucks will change the landscape to some degree, there's many cases in the US where it's still impractical to employ electric vehicles due to the vast distances that have to be crossed with little to no infrastructure to support electrification.

[@jericoba]

@@randomkoreanguy So far. Electrification is going to overtake one day. Watch your back, diesel.

[@TKUA11]

randomkoreanguy I think infrastructure is the least of problems for electric trucks. While buses and garbage trucks don’t have to haul 80000 lbs, long haul trucks do. And for electric trucks to compare to diesel trucks, their truck and trailer weight would have to increase due to their batteries. Not only that how do you power a reefer by electricity only? Plus, how would an electric truck go on a 6 percent grade? They would get stuck uphill

[@je.m3320]

@@randomkoreanguy for cars it will be easy but for trucks it is going to be a longer time because of bigger infrastucture

[@fdect]

Diesel light cars are probably going to disappear pretty soon (in less than 10 years)... trucks, long haul or heavy duty vehicles are not going to disappear any time soon, at least until there isn't a more energy dense battery system.

[@charonstyxferryman]

Apart from outboards, diesel engines are exclusively used in marine vessels due to avoiding petrol's explosive fumes, and larger carbon monoxide emissions.

[@bingosunnoon9341]

You should compare gasoline to diesel by weight, not by volume. You get different results.

[@Federico0]

*in the US

[@TheAmericanCatholic]

Large marine vessels my dads 1960s boat has a two stroke gas engine

[@cliffowens3629]

Had a diesel pickup from Isuzu for 20+years. Love it and drove it till the timing chain snapped. By then it was rusting out, but 40+ mpg in city and 50+ mpg on the highway was something I don't see anywhere else in any car company. Named it Ruth after the white dragon of the Pern series.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Diesels are only efficient when they're polluting like mad.

[@davidanderson8469]

Those things rattled, vibrated and smoked like a banshee under load but were pretty reliable. I almost bought a non-turbo one but the test drive convinced me it was not for me. My buddy only got 22 mpg with a sizable camper shell on back. He got 32 mpg before the shell.

[@theincrediblehulk5797]

Holy moly I’m more surprised that you know about the dragons of pern series, I once found that book in my dads collection and I thought it was a forgotten series

[@jonuno]

What model and year

[@Ilikepie18855]

what was the mileage when it finally died?

What about Vin Diesel?

[@sssssneaker]

You can find Vin in the lower right part of your windscreen

[@Yoshbros0619]

He already mention a name change from vin diesel to vin electric

[@cancel.lgbtq.6892]

Couldn't understand the mumbling's king. I need subtitle when he talks.

[@drock5407]

He pollutes theaters.

[@bellapool]

what about your mom's boyfriend Shane Diesel?

[@dealerovski82]

And not a single diesel engine was shown in this video.. great work cnbc..

[@michaelric3540]

Ya they were installing one into the big rig.

[@masonwagers8505]

Apparently you weren’t watching the video

[@boboutelama5748]

0:17 2:04 4:55 12:24

[@KOST1110]

ONE SHOULD LEARN HOW PRECISELY ONE CAN FAIL TO SHOW THE CORRECT IMAGE DESCRIPTION IN A VIDEO .........

[@roberthaworth8991]

Well, diesels ARE much less flammable when hit by an armor-piercing round. Historically, this is very important to Germans.

[@ricome169]

That's a good one lol

[@overtaxed3628]

Yes, most likely, that's why all their tanks in ww2 were powered by gasoline engines !!

[@ad220588]

😂👍

[@denysivanov3364]

@@overtaxed3628 Germany did not have oil during WW2, they were forced to produce gasoline from coal, it was expensive but worked since they did not have another choice.

[@denysivanov3364]

@Josh Ruzicka well, CH4 natural gas is super clean fuel, thats why we use it in our kitchens, so electric cars run on electricity produced by CH4 burning is super clean too. But maybe CH4 cars will be even better.

[@alistairshanks5099]

The development of diesel engines into the modern units you find in passenger cars today has come at another cost to one of their strengths, lack of complexity or more to-the-point reliability. Fully mechanically controlled diesel engines would run forever if properly maintained and you did not need a Ph.D. in electronic diagnostics to service or fix them. The humble Mercedes 123 series of the 70s and 80s when used as a taxi with the four-cylinder and five-cylinder diesel would return one million kilometers regularly before overhaul. Many would go even further and the London Taxi fleet had similar data using Perkins mechanical diesel. I commonly see diesel vehicles of less than ten years of age being scrapped because the repair costs make it not worth fixing and it is all the electronic and pollution wizardry that makes it so coupled with building the engines ever lighter and less robust.

[@alphaomega325-d2s]

But is that true for gasoline engines as well?

[@The_Wanderer...]

Well, that was impressive until I found out how much 1M kilometers was, Toyota tundra has reached 1.6M kilometers twice, once with absolutely nothing but maintenance and the second time with a transmission replacement and maintenance

[@seb_1504]

​@@The_Wanderer...Except a Greek Mercedes Diesel did 3 or 5 million kilometers and take into account diesel engines regularly hit the 900,000 mark compared to gasoline vehicles.

[@The_Wanderer...]

@@seb_1504 not without TLC

[@raulbila46]

plot twist: it won't disappear

[@curtisducati]

Never ever ! Petrol same price as Diesel at the pump ????

[@curtisducati]

@@vablo7198 I jst came back from a long trip in my new estate , was doing 55 mpg all the way , great cars ! Diesel are so much better than petrol , Finland is high for petrol ?

[@efandmk3382]

Not completely. Just for personal vehicle use. It will be reserved for commercial use.

[@THESLlCK]

@@efandmk3382 no it won't, they will never die

[@sayedali8051]

Turbo charged diesel engine is better

[@97ameen]

yea..Vin diesel is disappearing from Fast and furious series too

[@hithummah]

Fiat and Ford-ious

[@v10moped]

hur dur hur hur hurrr.

[@georgemonch430]

😂😂😂

[@BrianNC81]

Own two diesels and they are both fantastic. I'm expecting to get 30+ years of life out of them. My diesel BMW car puts out outstanding power after tuning.. nearly 400 hp to the wheels and 600lb of torque yet can still achieve 40mpg and go 600miles on a tank. On the drag strip it will pull a 12.6 second 1/4 mile at 111mph. I have yet to see a gasoline or electric car that can match the range, efficiency, and performance of diesel. Electric has the torque and efficiency but not the range. Gas can lay down the power with a big V8 at the cost of efficiency and range.

[@ronjohnson8119]

If you have all of the emissions components on it then…….good luck. These are not your grandpa’s diesels.

[@Brian-om2hh]

The downside will come once clean air schemes take hold. It'll cost a small fortune to drive ICE vehicles into many towns and cities worldwide. Paris and Berlin already banned diesel cars from their city centres. And we'll see a lot more of this coming in the years ahead..... Here in the UK, we're going to see clean air charging schemes in York, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Bath, Coventry, Manchester, Oxford, Bradford, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh. There are likely to be others too.... The scheme already up and running in Birmingham, charges £8 per day - payable 7 days a week - to enter the city centre if your car or van cannot meet Euro 6 standards...... London's Congestion Charge scheme is having it's area of coverage increased by 18 times, and the daily cost to enter is also being increased...... I think you may need to revise that 30+ year life expectancy a little......

[@jay-uo2bi]

You're not getting 30+ years out of your tuned BMD diesels lmao.

[@AbcAbc-sp1od]

@@jay-uo2bi I laughed at that too. Modern bmws won't last 30 years

[@Brian-om2hh]

All electric cars far exceed the *efficiency* of your BMW. You are confusing fuel consumption with efficiency. Your BMW is around 28% efficient at best. A typical electric car is 80 to 90% efficient.

[@Fulmynato]

10:00 "diesel is common in public transport" and shows a German electric train

[@throwaway692]

Never heard of a diesel electric?

[@Fulmynato]

@@throwaway692 yes, I heard of diesel-electric, but the one in the clip is a German ICE train, which isn't diesel-electric, it's electric.

[@throwaway692]

@@Fulmynato Fair enough. LOL!

[@johnsergei]

@@throwaway692 It's what most diesel locomotives are, the diesel generates electricity, which then powers traction moters.

[@johnsergei]

How to move?. You must be talking HST The British HST trains were the = 2/3 fastest trains in the 1970s & could = or beat the acceleration of most electric loco hauled trains. @ the time EMU sets were not common on long distence services.

[@markadams5823]

I don't think diesel going anywhere anytime soon

[@peterwilson5528]

Loosing Diesel for humanity its like having a broken leg hopping to the top of the mountain and throwing both your crutches off the top.

[@stickynorth]

I'm sure whalers said the same thing when the electric lightbulb was created too!

[@royy9]

@Mavis Stapleton you wont, the robot driving It Will.

[@ryandarko2115]

Definitely not in Europe

[@frankdenardo8684]

@Yejun Cheong buses(city, transit, school, intercity, parlour), locomotives, construction equipment, motorhomes, farm and construction tractors use them.

[@charleswise3390]

Funny thing is when R. Diesel first showcased the Diesel engine at the world fair, it was running on Peanut oil. Seems they are slowly getting back to where he had originally started. lol.

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Wuh.....does tis mean I can smell burning engine peanut oil?

[@samuelmatheson9655]

ha ha, peanut engine go brrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@zoom-666]

@@Mr-Ad-196 And then there are the people with peanut allergies...

[@LarryfromPH]

So technically, biodiesel?

[@julosx]

For as much as I know, Rudof Diesel's idea was more into recycling the coal dust to power boats instead of wasting it. He died before liquid fuel became a thing.

[@jacobramsey7624]

I learned that the first diesel engines ran on peanut oil, so maybe we should start trying that out.

[@WineScrounger]

It’s been widely done, I’ve run diesels on vegetable oil. It works fine. As long as the fuel is flammable and offers reasonable lubrication to the high pressure side, it will run just fine. The downside is injector gumming, sticky piston rings and some very expensive bills especially on new and rather sensitive common rail systems. Veg oils work best on older, simpler diesels. This used to be a nice little solution for high U.K. fuel prices until the supermarkets caught on and made cooking oil cost as much as diesel in the first place.

[@jacobramsey7624]

@@WineScrounger what a shame on the price tag, but at least we can still use Dizzle powered muchines if one day oil is eather banned or becomes unavailable. Thanks for the reply👍😀.

[@WineScrounger]

@@jacobramsey7624 no worries. You’re right, there’s still potential for running Diesel engines on renewables. Most U.K. diesel fuel is 7% biodiesel and it runs perfectly. Biodiesel is fatty acid methyl esters, made by reacting natural oily fats with methanol and it’s an excellent clean fuel if running straight veg oil is not an option.

[@1towmater1]

And see how it turns out. look at ethanol, the cost to make it is so high it needs government subsidies to be competitive

[@WineScrounger]

@@1towmater1 in fairness though you need to brew ethanol then distill it to dryness, it’s extremely energy intensive. Veg oil just needs to be extracted and there it is.

[@abhisheksavant4307]

Imagine Electric car companies screwing up your car battery performance with a software update. Like they do with smart phones 😂

[@Project153]

@Generic JC Denton pic Planned obsolescence.

[@aimlessparasite1289]

Already do that by burying simple bits like spark plugs deep in the engine under headers and they make you remove the entire front clip and headlight to change a bulb... That wire hanging down that gets corroded? That fold of metal that fills up with dirt behind the fenders.. That's all planned. Ive seen floods of phones all get a software update that kills battery life or charging ability overnight as a tech more than once. They don't want you to own a car for a long time and its going to get worse. I want nothing to do with an infotainment system and the electrical nightmares those will be in a few years.

[@nicoj3660]

The usual Republican conspiracies and scare tactics.

[@aimlessparasite1289]

@@nicoj3660 Except its not a theory.. Apple has been sued a few times over it.

[@Bartonovich52]

And planned obsolescence started 100 years ago at General Motors. Yawn.. _NEXT!_

[@healthdios]

This is 2021....I'm still waiting on the flying cars.

[@blackthunder8602]

we'll talk about it in about fifteen years, for now be content with looking at the $ 100k electric cars

[@pedrolopes3542]

They have been around for almost a century, but we don't call them cars, we call them helicopters

[@alexm566]

only problem is noise when parking or taking off. nothing that self flies can do so with acceptable noise.

[@hashiramasenju6058]

Engineers have pretty much given up on the idea of flying cars due to the fact that in order to fly, the car would need to be light but to drive, it needs to be heavy.

[@DIVISIONINCISION]

DeLorean died out in the 80's. Didn't you watch Back to the Future?

[@jeffreymeyers6676]

I always love the no emissions statement about electric cars like thier charging power magically appears from flying unicorns.

[@ericsandrin8123]

yes...they are so incredibly stupid...charging electric cars...with a diesel generator...now thats progress..electric cars failed in 1910..and they always will...

[@gregbaniak9650]

Electric cars are thd future, and you cannot stop progress, period. BTW take fir a spin Bolt and lets talk.

[@kkal1183]

@@ericsandrin8123 that's why ICE car sales are falling off a cliff and EV sales are on fire. Good observation !

[@ammerudgrenda]

@@ericsandrin8123 Who charges an electric car with a diesel generator??

[@Steve25g]

@@ammerudgrenda all of you... or gas generators, nuclear plants, etc

[@silasdietrich7464]

Volkswagen Passat TDI (diesel model) one of the best cars I've driven, very well designed (interior) motor was awesome made gas feel aweful. Shame about the Volkswagen scandal

[@NEVER--MIND]

It's too bad. I owned a 2010 VW Diesel(Jetta Sport Wagon) I crashed it, before the buyback happened. :-( You could run your finger inside the tailpipe, and there was no sign of soot, unlike my older diesel vehicles. VW 'cooked the books' but it was a very clean running diesel vehicle.

[@thebeast12333]

@alan bane The regular TDIs were the legendary engines not the PD.

[@PremiumFuelOnly]

Since they dont make them anymore, I plan on parking my 5spd manual as a collectors car once I find an Audi gasser to replace it as a daily driver.

[@blueteeth.spooker]

@alan bane Right there with you. LOVE the pd130 in my Mk4. Love the way it develops power, 6 gears; long legs for long journeys & 54mpg. TBH I hope it lasts forever. Dread the idea of electric motorcycles, too - If I ever had to have one, it would be a driverless one. : ) Big fire-breathing, swamp-monster V-twin from Lake Como is what you want. Power, noise, soul & character. Viva Europe, good luck America - AND therestoftheworld.

[@Olliebobalong]

Most VW consumers didn't care for the so called scandal (all makers were doing some form of cheating) because the TDI's are just so good.

[@sharkracer]

I've been driving gasoline cars all my life, since the late 80s. I just bought my first diesel, one of the last "super"diesel cars available, a 380 hp 75 torque BMW 5 series, and it's been tuned to 440/85. This thing is absolutely wonderful. I plan on driving it for at least 10 years.

[@soundterrorist256]

85 torque? Do you have trouble getting moving?

[@sharkracer]

@@soundterrorist256 I live in Korea where we calculate torque in Kg.m. Equivalent in pound-ft would be 614 torque.

[@ctdieselnut]

That sounds like a awesome machine. A solid, well made, quiet, comfortable riding luxury car that is also fast and gets great mileage. It's like the best at everything! My bro has a 2010 5 series, and the straight 6 gas 3l isn't fast whatsoever. 600 ft lbs would definitely wake it up.

[@FeldwebelWolfenstool]

BMW? 10 years? I wish you luck.

[@sharkracer]

@@FeldwebelWolfenstool You wanna know what my other car is? A 95 E34 540i/6. I've been driving that for the past 9 years, and I've spent less on upkeep than any new car that I've had previous to that. Go figure, huh? And the diesel 3 liter has been around for over 10 years now and is known to be a pretty stout and reliable engine. But, what do I know...

[@BlackTeethMedia]

Why not invest into Bio-Diesels like Sunflower, Vegetable and Hemp. Most Diesels engines need little to none changes to be able to use Bio-Diesels. Plus they put out much lower emissions.

[@bobbybaucom4489]

Why? You run diesel equipment to farm those. Then the oil industry keeps making diesel regardless as a byproduct of making other petroleum products. I don't see the point in putting a large effort towards biofuel.

[@BlackTeethMedia]

@@bobbybaucom4489 Bio-Diesel is a sustainable fuel. And can be grown non stop and is cheaper to grow than to mine it

[@BlackTeethMedia]

@@bobbybaucom4489 if you use diesel to run the equipment to farm it then the farm has unlimited access to bio-diesel. You've just supported my point

[@RaymondYocum-uw5hd]

Because oil companies want to make money

[@axemanracing6222]

Because people need food and it's a disaster to use cultivation areas for fuel instead of food.

[@freggo6604]

10:00 That's a German ICE high speed train. They are fully electric :-)

[@RobiBue]

Yeah, I was first thinking “they are talking about the shift to electric”, of course Europe has had most of its trains run electric for several decades, and very few of them (mostly switch engines in railway yards) are diesel, but then they are talking about diesel being everywhere and purposely mention “most of the public transportation” showing the electric ICE! BIG FAUX-PAS! You just can’t trust your sources anymore, being in corrupt politicized media, baselessly created “informative” news outlets, or shows that just want to generate (attract) viewers with a few valid points but misguiding information.

[@player6970]

Overhead!

[@jamesbayly5785]

Not a hybrid? Diesel electric?

[@THESLlCK]

@@RobiBue The thing is though, those generators that power those trains.... they're diesel lol

[@RobiBue]

@@THESLlCK are you seriously saying that the “ICE” locomotive is powered by diesel? If that is what you’re implying, then you really need to refresh your information on Europe’s rail transportation system. And if you’re thinking that European electricity is generated by diesel, then you’re also way off on that one too… The Americas, from Canada to the southern tips of Argentina and Chile, are mostly the ones polluting the air with their diesel powered trains. There are very few electric railroads on our side of the pond (the US) and with that I mean fully electric, not diesel-electric.

[@AgentSmith911]

I'm driving a diesel as a daily driver, and I love it!

[@brandonlewis5045]

me too screw electric garbage

[@alphatrion100]

Sure some people like agricultural vehicles

[@alphatrion100]

@Willie Peter Diesel sound like crap. Also when you compare, be fair! a 2.0 turbo petrol (like a subaru impreza) will DESTROY any 2.0 litre turbo diesel.

[@roky-wd9ib]

But your agent smith

[@moongazer07]

@@brandonlewis5045 f you diesel causes cancer electric cars don't and if the electric car goes in flames you don't have to worry because no fuel is in it but a diesel or gas car it can explode diesel takes longer but the explosion is bigger

[@SloeJuice]

Well researched. I liked that they expressed the scepticism towards electric trucks. I don't think we'll ever see long range trucks go electric. The underlying problem is that electric trucks would need to be 70+% battery, leaving only 30-% for cargo. Unfortunately, the batteries are pretty close to the theoretical limit of energy density, so they won't improve drastically from where they're now. The only sensible electrification for trucks would be them going hybrid.

[@d3str0i3r]

two words: trolley trucks for long distance every truck tends to take more-or-less the same route, replace traffic lights along those routes with tram poles that also have an attached light, maybe double or triple their frequency as necessary don't get rid of that battery though, it can take the truck from the electrified highways to the delivery destination, and then from the next pickup back to the highway

[@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270]

It seems you are wrong. Volvo, Scania and Mercedes have been running 20 ton and 40 ton electric prototypes and will go into production next year. The Tesla Semi has been running loads from Nevada to California for a few years and will see first deliveries in 2022. Modification to the tractor unit can easily support up to 4 MT of battery weight and give 200-300 miles of range towing huge loads... and the sheer power and torque of electric motors outperform the most powerful diesels. Ten years ago people were sceptical about electric cars, now they are the only growth area in the car industry and are driving out fossil fuel car sales. Battery costs are being driven down inexorably by mass production as their energy density increases year on year. It will be great to see the end of diesel in all forms of road transport.

[@garycoates6837]

Diesel engine is a less pollutant than petrol this test was done a delphi test centre it's just you can see the nox coming out of the petrol engine electric cars are a stop gap till hydrogen comes along so you lot that have spent a fortune on electric cars you have bought a total lemon good luck 👍

[@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270]

@@garycoates6837 Diesel is dead. It is the most polluting fuel, more so than petrol due to the particulates and NoX but as you know sales of petrol and diesel vehicles are falling like a stone. EV’s are the future, hydrogen is a red herring, will never be able to compete on cost as the Wh/Kg of batteries increase year on year. You are talking to someone who researches this subject and has been published on it..in time you will see that you are wrong. I won’t bother answering if you persist in trying to argue with me.

[@orangecookie3132]

@@d3str0i3r they have that in Germany

[@ivanavargova8078]

I am driving Passat with a diesel engine as a daily and i love it!

[@bingosunnoon9341]

Did you ever notice how people roll up their windows when you pulll up at a stop light?

[@tunisiangladiator6509]

@@bingosunnoon9341 I love how diesel smells like.. .

[@christianmadsen7997]

I allso like my 1992 Ford Transit turbo diesel

[@smcc839]

Skoda octavia tdi here 😌

[@mikafiltenborg2291]

I don't Hope you get lung-canser from your vw Passat diesel 😷

[@Putt-Putt]

I would love an episode about CNBC and how they found their KZbin game. Most of their content is interesting and something I never even think about.

[@beezymeech]

they're finally catching up, thats what

[@serjiang]

Love our diesel SUV but won’t buy another car that needs flammable liquid to run again. Our next vehicle will be electric.

[@SDav21]

What do you use your diesel SUV for? Towing? Daily family hauling? Work duties? Will electric work for your needs? Also, diesel isn't really flammable since it needs high pressure to ignite. Unlike petrol/gas, it won't ignite if simply lit.

[@alexlu9564]

@@SDav21 driving probably

[@zeryphex]

@J J Yay for electric vehicles!

[@solar5286]

I just bought a 2014 Q5 TDI (with the recall update installed) and am 100% in the same boat. The fuel economy and performance are unmatched in its size class. I can hit 60 in under 6 sec and even tow a u-haul due to the ludicrous 428 lbs-ft of torque. Smells cleaner than my last gas-powered car, too.

[@SDav21]

@@alexlu9564 What an intelligent answer. Don't be a doofus. Does he tow a trailer or caravan? Does he use it for work duties or for the school run? That's what I want to know. Your sarcasm isn't warranted. It was a genuine question.

[@rabhaw2327]

I have had a Citroen C4 1.6 115 Diesel for over 7 years now and never had a problem with it. It is serviced every year and I use a fuel additive every time I fill it up and it still drives like the day I bought it and has never failed an MOT. Best car I have ever had.

[@sulahm3252]

I my friend work as an mot tester and can tell you the amount of fumes they produce is much more and unsafe for health conditions but when coming to test diesel cars you can smell the bad fumes but will pass on the emissions just shows that even emissions tests are avoiding alot of things what they should not

[@PeteTheL337]

@@sulahm3252 It's true, there are a lot of older diesel engines that shouldn't be running due to particle emissions. However, a modern diesel is something else entirely. My BlueHDI from 2019 does not smell or sod and it emits 47x less particles than the equivalent gasoline engine from the same year. This is all running on B7 diesel, imagen the benefits if we had an easier time filling the tank with something like HVO or perhaps something even better in the future.

[@nuudelz3711]

This video is centred around Americans. Euro spec cars are far and above anything we have in North America. I don’t even have the option for diesel engine on my vehicle yet they are 90% of the specs in Europe. The gas lobby is too strong here

[@shmonyx]

I don't really think i'll be switching from diesel any time soon

[@ShubhoBose]

Only in America. In South Asia, diesel is extremely popular.

[@kike_villa]

In europe as well (at least in Spain)

[@Ilikepie18855]

In South Africa it’s popular too. We only have diesel pickups.

[@acoustic6865]

@Tony Dinh What? the original commenter was commenting about the fact that diesels are only disappearing in cars in america? I personally own 2 diesel vehicles and live in america, while i may be the underwhelming minority of people, i love my diesel vehicles.

[@Amit_Kumar_Trivedi]

For the first time, diesel has become more expensive than petrol (or nearly as expensive). It will only be limited to those uses where high torque or pull is required. Alternative petrol technology is also catching up, with the supercharged engines.

[@acoustic6865]

@@Amit_Kumar_Trivedi if you own a diesel lookup videos and such on how to make biodiesel. Both my 2008 diesel and 1984 diesel run 100 percent on biodiesel made from oil from restaurants. I spend like a quarter of what i would normally spend on buying diesel from the pump.

[@philipfreeman72]

Diesel engines efficiency can not be denied .

[@putusudiarta1111]

While more efficient than gasoline engine, still a far cry from eclectic motor which is 90%+ efficiency and already around us today. (vs 35% typical small engine diesel)

[@putusudiarta1111]

@Kevin Montrond yeah, the eV technology is still in infancy, there a lot more potential technology development in the future, unlike ICE technology that already mature and probably wont go a lot further. Tesla claims they already have million mile battery technology waiting for production that will make truck freight possible in term of purchase cost with their tesla semi truck. Even now they already have production eVs faster (more powerful: torque & horsepower) than most more expensive ICE supercars. And the next tesla roadster (aka roaster) will be the car to rule them all. Diesel will still have place in big ship engine, maybe competing with hydrogen fuel motor.

[@hgm8337]

Kevin Montrond which is exactly what is happening, what’s your point?

[@dinuciora2633]

Diesel engine is most efficient,power limited by smoke,limt smoke more and still will be efficient,on electric cars not enough metals needed in production,electric car IS NOT the future

[@bindukopparapu2795]

@Kevin Montrond Plus, ICE technology still has untapped potential, like see the new opposed-piston engine being developed by Achates Power. That could really revolutionize car travel.

[@misterakt]

i drive a dieselgate-era VW TDI, and i love it! yeah Volkswagen really messed up, but they (eventually) took responsibility for what happened and fixed all of the cars. i don’t plan on getting rid of it any time soon.

[@pauldethick6175]

Me too, I couldn't care less about its emissions, I bought it for it's economy and running costs.

[@johnsergei]

@@pauldethick6175 Good news for you, though all engines do polute, CO2 is not a polutant. In fact if CO2 dropped to 1/2 the current level, plants would start dying off, quickly followed by billions of humans!

[@Tracert-mc1hu]

I have a friend who bought a Diesel Jetta Wagon in 2015. He loved it, but they made him an offer he couldn't refuse to rebuy it (basically sticker price on what was now a used car). He promptly went out and bought a Golf GTI.

[@Bartonovich52]

@ John Sergei Lol.. so completely and utterly wrong. CO2 is a greenhouse gas. It captures solar energy and warms the earth far more than it normally would. How do you think humans survived for millennia before they had anything more than wood fires? Humans would not die if we stopped emitting CO2. Even plants would barely notice it. CO2 levels would not drop by half if we stopped burning fossil fuels. GHGs need to be balanced with fractions of a percent. Diesels emit far more than CO2. The main offenders are NOx emissions which destroy the ozone layer and let in cancer causing ionizing uv radiation and particulate emissions which cause respiratory problems and cancer.

[@johnsergei]

@@Bartonovich52 CO2 is indeed a warming gas (not greenhouse, the planet doesn't have a roof). But most of the so called warming is provided by water vapour. Why do you think clear nights are colder? (so much for the world being a greenhouse?) CO2 levels have varied dramatically during Earths history & there has neen no cionnection with the temperature. & have guess which is the most vital gas for life on Earth? (come on, it's easy, I've already spoonfed you!) & regarding diesel, it uses less fuel than a similar size petrol/gas engine & revs lower, so emits less of everything, (or is that too much logic???)

[@troymelvin4870]

Long live the Deisel engined car! I've driven diesels for years now and will never switch back to petrol. There is no denying that a well maintained diesel engine will last way longer than comparable petrol engines. That alone makes them much more cost effective. Then there is the fact that I get many more miles to the gallon than the comparable petrol engine. Even allowing for the artificially higher price per litre of diesel here in the UK, I've calculated that my mileage is cheaper than my petrol powered neighbour.

[@4057hofft]

Why does the narrator keep showing oil going in to the engine every time he talks about putting diesel into the car

[@boxlid214]

No idea. Diesel isn't far off from light oils and kerosene though, you may as well be burning oil.

[@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073]

Maybe thats why some call it oil burner 🤷‍♂️. Love mine oil burner! All nice and deleted.

[@Saddutchman]

An old Diesel engine will run on oil, heck you can use frying oil in em.

[@lthundertree6385]

@@Saddutchman True. There is even a rarely occurring edge case failure mode of a diesel engine where it will start literally running on it's own engine's oil reserve, so you can't stop it by turning off the fuel pump flow! There are longterm maintenance issues, and emission issues though if the fuel is too funky.

[@truckeemick2486]

@@Saddutchman if you put a mix of BP GO and napalm/mothballs in them then they really get up . might blow flames out the back but they go real hard with the mothballs in the tank.

[@edgarvilchis7517]

Diesel will stay for now. In some form. Long range hauls all to prevent city pollution. That’s where electric comes in but they will always be a diesel core. It’s gas efficient

[@orangecookie3132]

Sorry to say this but IC engines is over. Electric is here.

[@kristiaan1]

diesel isn't exactly GAS efficient, is it?

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@kristiaan1 Like many do, he's confusing efficiency with fuel economy.....

[@AlAl-wu7mp]

Over 250,000 miles and still getting 40 MPG with my Mercedes Diesel. Great cars.

[@valt1337]

short story: they're not there.. saved you 14 mins

[@SashaM0915]

Thank you lol

[@yk-et3un]

Thank you

[@Duck95ish]

we appreciate you!

[@allenbercero3661]

Thanks, clicking out of this video now, view thirsty content creator using clickbait is always sad

[@JoeBlack1108]

@Lawrence Bottorff everyone knows electric has tons of torque, that's why they use them in trains to pull them, but get the power from a Diesel engine. P.s the video you posted is just a propaganda video from Fordkzbin.info/www/bejne/d6aWhmpoeL1qaqs That should explain the video

[@scott.ballard]

Shame on CNBC for not naming all of the other automakers who were involved in Dieselgate!! Volkswagen, Fiat Chrysler, Jeep, Nissan, Renault, Mercedes-Benz, Audi & Porsche

[@jonathancorbin9425]

Many of these are really one company lol Volkswagen Audi and Porsche for example

[@konigstiger3252]

Why is everyone trying to force electric car on everyone

[@jellybeans0493]

Because of politicians who think they know stuff without every spending a day in the real world. But on the other side they also did it in the old days to make sure that people spent more of their money, in Belgian they started giving tax cuts to people who installed double glass windows so that people would spend money (Thats was before people gave a damn about global warming (edit: climate change* not global warming) ). So it's either because they think they need to choose for us or because they want us to spend more money. It's become a f'd up world where politicians think they always know what's best for us. Vote for less government mate, "Less government=Less problems"

[@ammerudgrenda]

Electric cars are starting to become a very viable option. It will inevitably become the preferred engine option in the not so far future.

[@ebonymaw8385]

@@ammerudgrenda i doubt it

[@marc-andreservant201]

@w4csc You're meant to charge your car at home overnight. DC fast charging stations are still slower than a gas pump, require expensive power electronics and do not make sense for daily use. You use them for long trips, which is why superchargers are located mostly along highways. Also, Atlanta is within twice the range of a Tesla model 3, so you'd need a single Supercharger pit stop which would take 1.25 hours, NOT 10, and certainly not weeks. Besides, you need to stop for food anyway on such a long trip.

[@PodJeeMC]

@@jellybeans0493 and enter... #BITCOIN

[@ernestocruz9630]

Imagine a future were there’s underground diesel community that takes deep frier grease to keep there cars alive.

[@misterakt]

it already exists! i had a friend in high school whose brother owned an 80s Mercedes 240D that he converted to run on veggie oil

[@barryobrien1890]

Think of the health of the supersize boys that have to eat all that junk food to get a gallon of fryer oil

[@craigtalbot607]

LOVE my Dieselgate VW returned to the road in 2019!! Hope to be driving it for 20 years!

[@zianeshkasparen4358]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😌 I have the same thoughts!!! I drive an older version and I love it. 11 years old and it still does not smoke and will not because I take care of my Polo.

[@V_For_Vigilante]

VW is trash because its unreliable and expensive to maintain

[@V_For_Vigilante]

@@zianeshkasparen4358 Ur polo is objectively trash because its slow and unsafe

[@TheGardenNoam]

@@V_For_Vigilante ahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha tdi engines are vw's most reliable engines

[@Brian-om2hh]

I fear your hopes may not be met. I'd say diesel will be quite difficult to find in 20 years time. And if you can find it, expect the cost to have risen by quite a lot. Products for niche markets usually cost way more....

[@blindbob2539]

i love my diesel truck. 630,000 miles and going strong. straight pipe exhaust ,no emissions 500hp at the wheel. that cummins is a beast.

[@neoanderson7492]

you could have saved 1000s if you drove a hybrid prob enough to buy a whole other car

[@blindbob2539]

@@neoanderson7492 I don't think they make a hybrid that I can put my welder and tools on

[@neoanderson7492]

@@blindbob2539 then use your welder and tools to modify the hybrid to make it work

[@blindbob2539]

@@neoanderson7492 but the truck is perfection. Brilliantly engineered. Simple, powerful and dependable. Paid for since day one. Paid cash for it brand new. Diesels are phenomenal machines.

[@neoanderson7492]

@@blindbob2539 it's your tens of thousands of dollars you're wasting gas money not mine

[@ZKhweziN]

They don't deliver a great deal of "power" to the wheels... THEY DELIVER TORQUE. Rotational force.

[@IFearlessINinja]

No they deliver power. Providing a ton of force to a car over 0 distance is going to do nothing. Providing power to a car is why the force continues to push as the car drives

[@honprarules]

He mentions this at 4:50.

[@Zwidawurzn]

@@IFearlessINinja Power is Kilowatt, Torque is Newton-meter (or pound-feet) ....not exactly the same. Diesel usually have more Nm per Kw than Petrol.

[@Zwidawurzn]

@@IFearlessINinja like... i had a petrol golf 150Hp(=110Kw) 200Nm, now i have a diesel benz 177Hp(=130Kw) 400Nm -> that's double the torque but only about 20% more power, in Austria i pay taxes for power not for torque that's why diesel is great here.

[@sturmbreakers7817]

Torque = how quickly you get from 0-60 HP = how fast you can go ie 200mph

[@davidhildebrand8894]

We have two Jetta TDIs and we LOVE them! We get 45-55 mpgs with them. Never going to turn them loose!

[@Ftalmeida73]

4:52 "But seldom found on sports cars or race cars". They surely haven't heard about Audi R10, R15 and R18 or the Peugeot 908 HDi Le Mans prototypes.

[@johnm91326]

Have you heard the definition of seldom? It doesn't mean never.

[@georgemckenna462]

This CNBC mockumentary sure seems to have some sort of agenda. Hey Fun Fact Francisco! Diesel engines were run at Indy. Unfortunately the damn things wouldn't stop enough for fuel!

[@brianpatrick8787]

Cummins ran one at Indy 500 in the 1960s. DIESEL engines were banned after that becsuse it was decided they had to much of a fuel effency advantage

[@julosx]

These cars had their day due to the regulations being bended to make sure they'd win by limiting everyone else's possibilities. Plus they were mere prototypes made by big industry and big money. They were impossible to drive under the rain. So the regulation changed to a more balanced one and they just disappeared as fast as the appeared.

[@joecummings1260]

@@brianpatrick8787 1952 and it set a lap record and took pole position.

[@ArianaTheDopest]

I got 24k from VW when they bought back a diesel I had paid 4000 for salvage title

[@edgarvilchis7517]

Was it a fixer upper? Or was it recalled?

[@ArianaTheDopest]

@@edgarvilchis7517 it was a buy back

[@byroncastillo1107]

We bought a tdi in late '15 , drove it for 2 years. Bought it with a $5k coupon through true car, got all of our money back.

[@jquill6]

I couldn’t believe the amount of petrol powered SUVs and pickups when I visited the US, the mileage must be appalling on those things . They sounded great tho 😂

[@alexh349]

Noise pollution is horrible. Plz stop we want to not disturb nature we need to be intellegent. At first people complained about the noise cars make now people are complaining about the lack of noise

[@edwinbraun8282]

Yes... full sized suv with gas engine is awful gas hog. 10 miles per gallon aka some 35 liters per 100 or sth. Crazy numbers

[@aesma2522]

I rented a Tahoe in SF last year and the mileage is bad compared to an average European car, but not horrible. The price of gas in California surprised me though, around 4$/gallon, I expected much less. I slept in an old hotel and the street noise was crazy, not helped by the fact the street was uphill.

[@skaie.]

@@aesma2522 If you got gas here in the city, SF has a gas tax on top of our state tax. You need to go out to the suburbs to see the $3/gal pumps

[@jquill6]

I was just referring to the burble of a petrol V8 at idle, sounds way better than the clatter of a diesel. We don’t hear that over in ireland.

[@robertolaggo9141]

In eu, more specific in ireland most of new cars sold are diesel. They not disappearing at all. It takes ages to disappear

[@Lionn8563]

Aaaahhh, in eastern europe people will NEVER, NEVER get rid of diesel

[@stephendoherty8291]

Depends on whether Eastern European citizens don't suffer from air pollution. If your kids are choking, then a love of diesel might seem a push.

[@Gilotopia]

@@stephendoherty8291 it'll be banned in the whole EU soon

[@stephendoherty8291]

@Oliver Matthews fewer carbon dioxide but higher NOX and worse, high particulates to which we can only filter down so far.

[@stephendoherty8291]

@kirk mcloren By burning down the rain forest and planting sugar to extract biodiesel from sugar alcohol

[@moow950]

Of course, they are too fond of getting cancer there!

[@crazygood150]

Still seen in most farm and construction equipment. More like ALL...

[@bngr_bngr]

Eric one day they will eliminate the production of diesel

[@jeffhines2895]

@@bngr_bngr They already have ball-less tractors with the def additives necessary-and 25% loss of power. Tier 4 crap that will break

[@georgemckenna462]

Do you get the feeling that the little CNBC documentary has an agenda? The air was so hot that the fuel burned as soon as it was injected into the cylinder. This is a poor description. These engines should be left to the people who need and understand them.

[@jimtekkit]

@@bngr_bngr 10 years from now? 100? 500? Maybe a few billion years when the sun vaporises the earth? That hardly narrows it down.

[@nvo7024]

They can't, physically. Fractional distillation of petrol invariably produces diesel-grade fraction. Not as much as today's share of diesel (some of it is synthesized), but a very sizable share. If sales are banned then what will happen to unsold diesel? Cracking it down to ligher fractions is technically possible, but too costly. Burning for heating? Possible, but cleaning up flue gases to automotive exhaust standards isn't cheap too.

[@BobBrown.]

My e220d does 1200km on one tank easily. It emits less co2 per km than petrol cars. And the Nox emissions are handled by the scr system.

[@glennv3176]

@ThePatUltra no, dpf and adblue equipped diesels are clean

[@glennv3176]

@ThePatUltra You would have to breathe petrol exhaust to see who dies first for fair comparison and every recent study shows it would be you.

[@glennv3176]

@ThePatUltra christ, obviously burning 6 million year old dinosaur guts is never clean. When people say this they mean 20X cleaner than 10 years ago.

[@ciaranwebb6871]

@ThePatUltra no because no one is breathing pure exhaust emissions. otherwise we'd all be dead already. stop being obtuse

[@ericb8030]

@ThePatUltra Do some research, new diesels have 3 things emitted from the tail pipe, N2, H20, and CO2. Which one of those cause cancer?

[@cocreatoris]

I love diesel engine cars. It gives a smooth and sensational drive. Very efficient and powerful. Manufacturers and scientists have to think of ways to keep them alive with less carbon emission or plant more trees so that this emission doesn't matter to the environment.

[@jasonmadelin3633]

Well said.

[@_qwe_fk_1700]

@@jasonmadelin3633 lmao no, just ignorant

[@1heart7seas1moon]

Diesel isn’t going anywhere bud

[@chaparra71]

I’ll keep right on driving my diesels, thank you. It’s a good thing Diesel engines last basically forever with proper care and maintenance.

[@Ididerus]

Until they installed the emissions equipment that kills them. Trucks used to last over a million miles, now you're lucky to get half of that.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Diesel engines might last forever, but the supply of diesel won't......

[@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869]

I never cared about the “Volkswagen diesel scandal “ It was a nonissue. Personally, I want a diesel Polo.

[@hamishfullerton7309]

Dirty stuff, lpg is a lot cleaner and cheaper with out the particulart problem and in city's they not as economical, there made out to be

[@Pete856]

@jim coulter That's the joke of modern emission standards, a lean burning engine runs hotter so produces more Nitrogen oxide. So to run cleaner they need to burn more fuel....this is for all fuel types and not just diesel.

[@robertwoodliff2536]

@@Pete856.... It the usual set of compromises.

[@RobertSmith-le8wp]

I agree 100%. If I could make my own cheat software I would do it. I remember the old 1.9 VW diesel would get 55+ mpg and is still a popular engine for swaps into Jeeps and smaller trucks like S10’s and Sonomas. There was a mechanic who swapped a Cummins 5.9 into a Silverado HD and got more than 2x the mpg. His fuel savings since swap was over $25,000 and he’ll probably swap the engine into a newer truck because the body of the old truck is rusted out. On our farm we used to have a Chevy LUV with a little Isuzu diesel. It got crazy good mpg. I also used to own an old square body 1991 Dodge Ram 3500. The engine went 600,000 trouble free miles pulling a huge trailer most the time. It could get 22-23 mpg with no load and not much less than that pulling 20,000+ pounds. Same story with that truck, the body and frame were rotted out from salt but the engine was perfect

[@joebloggs9392]

Diesel engines in passenger cars should not exist - it is merely trickle-down from heavy rigs that need the pulling power. The scale does not apply for passenger cars that only carry a few hundred kg more than tare weight, petrol is just fine.

[@Marco911]

Sacrificing air quality? Did everyone forget what the big cities smelled like just 10 years ago?

[@Nicholas-f5]

That's an excuse for spewing cancer?

[@chiquicat1]

@Aidan callen watch the video again, less CO2 but more NOX and PM2.5 which are worse, not to mention carcinogenic. You keep telling yourself diesel is cleaner.

[@chiquicat1]

@Stolas the ones that quickly clog up and cost a fortune to replace you mean? Lol most people are not aware that you are meant do to long trips to avoid the filter clogging up, they just go for the cheaper option (then get a nasty surprise). Not to mention it is carcinogenic and emits very high NOX and PM2.5... Diesel drivers are real heroes.

[@kuessebrama]

@@chiquicat1 most modern gasoline engines produce more PM2.5 then Diesel engines. Yeah the NOX is higher, but for that there is adBlue. Diesel cars with partical filter wich is standard since i don't know how many years (atleast in Germany) and with adBlue are extremly clean and efficient.

[@kaneki1056]

@ThePatUltra new diesel cars from atleast almost 10 years ago haven't given off fumes. i had a car from 2012 that gave off less fumes from it's petrol variant even at a similar rpm cause petrol engines just burn more fuel in the same time and i've checked this with the help of a friend who had the petrol variant and newer cars like stated in the video have nearly zero emissions mostly because of better filters and more efficient engines

[@nonaurbiz1111]

When refining oil for gasoline, one of the FIRST steps is to get it to a diesel grade state. Costs less to make than gasoline and gets better mileage. Moral of the story: When it comes to energy there is no Utopia, only massive greed and the ability to position a product to "sound better" environmentally. Even EVs are powered by coal burning utilities.

[@mpelevic]

Not to mention environmentally devastating Lithium mines for batteries, and poor recycling possibilities. Dirty technology in its worst form. We need a new scientific breakthrough, new battery tech, cleaner electricity source or this transition is never going to happen in its full.

[@Eduardo-lw6nd]

And most of the electricity comes from nuclear power plants which couldn't be less environmentally friendly. Look at Chernobyl. And the ones we have now are far more devastating. That's the real threat to humanity and to the planet. We are slaves to those things forever, we have to keep cooling them otherwise it's a real apocalypse. But nobody cares, we are too occupied with being fed with this propaganda of the CO2 emissions.

[@thegamerkhan]

@@mpelevic The United States needs to improve it cities and use its transportation.

[@mpelevic]

@@thegamerkhan Not only US. The whole world is energy inefficient.

[@planefan082]

Why do people pretend green electrical grids don't exist?

[@raus_mit_Islam]

Haha as soon as the car manufacturers started actually making low emission diesel engines, politicians want to ban it.

[@gregoryeverson741]

we almost had hybrid cars, but government stepped in and made them worthless, 30-40mpg on a hybrid car is junk

[@ChrisBa303]

I live near Stuttgart and they banned old diesels because the air got really bad their due to all the diesels. Iam not an electric vehicle fan but development on electrics was long over due for many classic car brands

[@raus_mit_Islam]

@@ChrisBa303 banning OLD diesels is fine, but new ones are still the propulsion of the future. The batteries of electrical cars are WAY too small for the kind of distances Germans drive on Autobahn.

[@armyofninjas9055]

@@raus_mit_Islam Lol your entire country is smaller single states in my country. Texas is like 2/3 of Europe. Alaska is the size of all of Europe. Your autobahn is nothing compared to the US interstate freeway system.

[@darius4748]

@@armyofninjas9055 Europe is at least 10 times larger than Texas...

[@billrowden5917]

Love my 7.3 ford diesel and my 2015 VW 45 mpg

[@Nicholas-f5]

Super polluting unless bio or renewable diesel, just look at what Rudolph Diesel intended..peanut oil.

[@brandonlewis5045]

@@Nicholas-f5 so is electric pal

[@ericl452]

Guess I will never give up my old F250 7.3.

[@sricharanreddy1922]

I love my diesel inspite of a gasoline and an electric car in my garage. I love my Audi Q5 TDI over my VW jetta and Hyundai Kona for long trips . The diesel is an absolute torque monster with great efficiency.

[@Brian-om2hh]

But it's hardly efficient if it can only manage 30% efficiency. I think you're confusing economy with efficiency.

[@princeofheaven19]

@@Brian-om2hh yes I know that the diesel is not that much efficient. In terms of efficiency my hyundai kona electric is the best since it converts electricity into motion directly. But the TDi engine has a good mileage approximately 18 km per litre of diesel and is good for cruising.

[@ilaser4064]

3:09 High torque of diesel motors in trains? Trains are diesel electric, the wheels use electric traction, the diesel engine is for generating the electricity.

[@wiredforstereo]

The fuel is diesel. It's a diesel powered train.

[@RichardASK]

In Europe, much of the rail networks are all electric, especially the High Speed at around 200 mph or more.

[@dbclass4075]

@@wiredforstereo While the fuel is diesel, the diesel itself does not directly power the train. For starters, the diesel engine of a locomotive do not operate the same way as road vehicles despite practically identical function (long-distance heavy haul). This is noted by the lack of shifting on locomotives. Locomotives are essentially mobile diesel generators powering itself.

[@wiredforstereo]

@@dbclass4075 Oh my god, you're that guy.

[@cyrustakem7993]

@@wiredforstereo the guy that proves you wrong?

[@waycoolscootaloo]

I don't see electric cars becoming mainstream for a very long time yet. I can pull into a gas station and fill up my tank from empty to full in less than 5 minutes and be on the road again. A Tesla takes over an hour to fill up completely while charging. Also new taxes and fees are being imposed on electric vehicles by local governments and states. My friend has a hybrid and it already cost him twice as much as me to register his license plates for the year. Also electric cars are limited in range. Very cold weather affects their range as well. And if you try to tow just about anything, the range cuts in half from what's listed by the manufacturer. Try towing a 1,000 lbs pop up camper behind a Tesla model X and just watch your range plumet to nothing. A major breakthrough in battery tech needs to happen before electric cars become the norm.

[@cobrachannel100]

And yet you dont need to pull into a gas station for like 99% of the cases because you always have "full tank" every morning. And most of us 99.9% of the time commute in town no more than 50 miles a day. Hence, it goes your argument out the window. In those other cases of long trips, you can use fast chargers (superchargers in case of TSLA) while taking a leek or a lunch break. Hardly a problem today. But, obviously, you have never driven a Tesla much less owned one. So u are disqualified to talk about this subject.

[@serjiang]

We bought our diesel because of its torque and fuel efficiency. Our next vehicle will have full torque at 0 rpm and burn no fuel.

[@hhnguyen1210]

It still burns diesel elsewhere... your electricity must come from somewhere

[@BritainRitten]

@@hhnguyen1210 Electricity on the grid almost never comes from diesel. The rates differ for different countries, but generally more countries are getting a larger proportion of their electricity from renewables like solar and wind, and less from highly polluting sources like coal or petroleum. Same for the transportation sector.

[@executiveorder7146]

@@BritainRitten nope 20% coal and 30% natural gas aka petroleum aka gasoline and only 3% is wind and solar and 40% hydro electric dams and nuclear so no wind and solar is not going above 10% my guess

[@MarkGarnettUK]

At last a comment from someone who gets it (and has got an EV). I understand people being sceptical that EVs are even a thing, never mind a better thing, but I am continued to be surprised that so many minds are closed to even investigating the alternative. I assure anyone on here who is adamant that combustion engines have much of a future are mistaken; the only thing that perpetuates combustion sales is (1) the auto industry preferring to sell you a Priduct that will need servicing and will need repairs for all it’s life. EVs need safety inspections but there are no routine servicing, just screen wash and wipers (they hate them), plus (2) the lack of Availability of EVs to try/buy. Even if the trad auto brands continue to green wash with hybrids and low quantities of EVs that won’t stop other countries making them and slowly people will try, realise, buy them and local supply will wither and die.

[@Carnutzjoe]

At 11:30, talking about the newest generation of diesels with particulate reduction. And catalytic systems to keep them clean, that’s the first things that get ripped off that new GM, Ford, or Ram pickups and tossed in the trash. I know a few guys with diesel trucks for towing, and they brag about the ‘tune up chips’ installed for more power after the emission controls were removed. It’s so easy it’s as if the legacy companies designed the vehicles with removing emission controls in mind. Few places check emission controls on older vehicles.

[@HarrisonCountyStudio]

the VW TDI May be one of the best engines for small cars, ever built. This is/was economic warfare, nothing to do with the environment. Diesel powered automobiles make up more than 59% of vehicles sold in Europe.

[@jerrybaustian5256]

I've got three of them in my family. So I'm fine no matter if VW or other manufacturers pull out of the market. The engines last almost forever if you take care of them.

[@topstar443]

Best engine is a Toyota DOHC VVTi petrol 1 Million Miles easy, second best engine is a VW Beetle carb petrol easy simple DIY on the Beetle.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Not anymore they don't. Major European cities - Paris, London, Berlin etc now ban diesel engined cars from entering the centre of the city. Sales of new diesel cars have nose dived here in the UK, with sales around 20% down on just a couple of years ago. Sales of full electric cars - as in not hybrids - have risen dramatically recently. Pure EV's are now taking 7% of the UK new car market, with the figure projected to rise to 20%+ within 5 years...... And of course from 2035 it will be illegal to sell new i.c. powered passenger cars in Britain. Several countries, Scotland, India, Norway, France etc have chosen earlier dates for their bans to become law, some as soon as 2030.......... Major car makers will inevitably move from i.c. to EV production as the bans draw nearer, as they won't want to be stuck with thousands of unsaleable cars. The oil barons will also be watching closely, because as their precious market slips away they'll see their once mega huge profits diminish , and at some point they will deem it no longer viable to extract and refine oil on the scale they used to. Sure, you'll be able to buy petroleum products, but they'll have a price tag you never thought possible previously (think price increases by a factor of 3 or 4 or more). Synthetic petrol/gasoline could find a stronger market than at present, but again this won't be cheap ......... here in the UK, synthetic petrol/gasoline is around £12 ($16?) per UK gallon - that is 4.54 litres.

[@Andrew-hs8ri]

@Larry Carmody CMD my VW rabbit doesn’t get any MPG close to that from gas, it might seize if I put gasoline in it. But diesel MPG is 50

[@fabi57iamracer]

But pollution in cities is now a mayor problem.

[@howtobebasic2122]

anyone old enough to remember the Oldsmobile diesels from the late 70's to early 80's?

[@frhwebmaster]

Took my DL test with a Chevy Diesel Wagon. They were junk. All GM did was covert gas engines to diesel. #Fail

[@MrNotorius5500]

@@frhwebmaster Technically not true. They built the engines using many parts meant for gas engines. They didn't take assembled gas engines and swap parts so they run on diesel fuel. A popular misconception.

[@MrNotorius5500]

Not only do I remember, when I was a kid, my uncle lived with us and he had one.

[@brianpatrick8787]

Those were not true diesel engines they had to keep the compression ratio low to be able to use as many gas engine parts as possible.

[@soaringvulture]

Please. I was trying to forget them.

[@TheoSmith249]

I just bought a 2020 diesel vehicle. Fantastic mileage.

[@kaneki1056]

lmao even my dad bought a mid range SUV last year that gives 18kmpl in the city and 21kmpl on the highway from our experience and considering how big it is i love it

[@georgesealy4706]

I have a 2014 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI, and it gets an honest 41-42 MPG around town. I check it every fill up. This car has been adjusted by VW after the scandal. Previously I had a 2001 VW Golf TDI. Four years ago, I sold it to a neighbor with 326,000 miles on it. It is still in use. The only problem it had was a leaking fuel pump that was caused when sulphur was eliminated from all diesel fuel. The fuel pump was rebuilt with different gaskets and the car was good to go. I expect to keep my 2014 for many years.

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39]

Bio-diesel is very controversial. I suspect that, at least with current production methods, it takes more fossil fuels to produce fertilizers for growing the bio-diesel crops than is saved by using the bio fuel. The market for bio-diesel has caused a sharp increase in the clearing of tropical forests for planting the required crops. It is also leading to an increase in food costs as farmers now have an incentive to grow bio fuel crops.

[@sspiby]

stop eating beef if you care about tropical forests

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39]

@@sspiby It takes 10lbs of grain to produce 1lb of beef, a very poor way for feeding the world population. Cattle also produce a lot of methane which is 25 times more potent in causing global warming than an equal weight in co2.

[@arher9598]

@@sspiby ye stop eating veggies and fruits too... start photosynthesis yourself

[@joshualloyd4275]

You can farm algae for biodiesel - can be harvested mechanically with little need for fuel since it floats in water.

[@fbtippmann]

The title did not represent the focus of the video

[@skywalkerhunterarchive]

i tried filling up my diesel suv with vege oil. it runs just fine😂

[@makingcookingfixing]

which vehicle and year was that? I am looking to get a diesel just for this purpose

[@CopperheadGarage]

@@makingcookingfixing get an older diesel such as a cummins 12v, 7.3 powerstroke, 6.0 powerstroke, 7.3 idi/6.9idi, or an old Volkswagen diesel

[@CopperheadGarage]

@@makingcookingfixing if you know nothing about cars dont get a diesel

[@makingcookingfixing]

@@CopperheadGarage Thank you!

[@cancelled_user]

Unless it's used vegetalbe oil that would otherwise go to waste, you are basically burning food.

[@mijko79]

I would dare to say that diesel is not finished indeed. Maybe US customers do not drive diesel cars, but Europe is still very much in love with diesel engines. Euro 6 norm for the gas exhaust system is so efficient that you can hardly feel the scent of the engine. In fact, it smells like vapor. Just wait for what happens after the EV hype has started to crumble already! Diesel may just be a go-to fuel.

[@uthmanbaksh3530]

Diesel engine cars had a lot of potential but they got a bad rep in the States, even before the VW scandal of 2015.

[@Nicholas-f5]

Due to fraud.

[@uthmanbaksh3530]

@Ok Then They could have been a success in the USA if they just didn't screw it up.

[@joebloggs4615]

The term "Diesel" is ok, but "Diesel Cars" is not. Diesel gained it notoriety in the trucking scene, an engine pulling multiple times it's own weight, inexpensively, but the everyone wanted a Diesel VW passenger car to pull it's tare weight + a few hundred pounds; not designed for that - Petrol would do just fine and cost thousands of dollars less

[@salmansengul]

I totally agree. As someone who has driven several different Diesel and Petrol Engines, I can't understand the Hate for Diesel Engines. There is nothing as fuel efficient as a Diesel engine.

[@joebloggs4615]

@@salmansengul Do not confuse a diesel engine for a turbocharger - the turbo does the heavy lifting to give a turbo diesel any hope of performance. Turbocharge a petrol engine and omg it goes like the clappers

[@Paco1337]

Not in Europe,nobody buys petrol cars in my country bcs fuel is expensive

[@zeryphex]

Europeans, lead the way to electric vehicles! Be our role models!

[@redwhite_040]

Depends on which part in Europe. North West Europe diesel cars sales are falling deeply.

[@abn5618]

In Switzerland, a country where a lot of people could afford electric cars, they are in fact less than 1% of all private cars. What are you talking about ? In Europe electric cars represent nothing.

[@ChildOfTheLie96]

@@zeryphex That plays out in a lot more than electric vehicles 😂😂😂

[@alexppc6779]

@@zeryphex We'd love to,but my boy Elon doesn't make them cheap.

[@williamwingo4740]

In the late 1980's my folks had a VW Rabbit Diesel with a five-speed stick shift. It wasn't much on acceleration, but it would cruise at 75 mph on the interstate all day.

[@ernstschafer6092]

if you ask the EU-Parlament today you would have to go into jail for that offense :DD

[@williamwingo4740]

@@ernstschafer6092 Fortunately this was in Alabama.

[@AutumnWind92]

@@williamwingo4740 what a classic car. I still drive my mk2 as a daily

[@humblecourageous3919]

We bought a 2017 Chevy Volt in March 2020, right before everything shut down. I love it. I hardly ever have to get gas - only when we go on a longer trip. It goes about 50 miles on electric. We have had solar for 20 years. So most of our fuel is basically free.

[@AndreaFistetto]

I live in Italy and I just buy for 5000 € a used vw car from 2015 whit the engine of “scandal” is perfect and ultra economical to run.

[@boboutelama5748]

Yes, and other have big problems with their cars not running well. One case doesn't make the whole case. It's the reason why vaccines are existing and working well, even if some of the population (2%) can be intolerant to them.

[@Solid_Snake99]

You're so dvmb

[@swd6430]

@@boboutelama5748 the same case is why do we healthy people need to vaccinate to save other 2% that wont survive?

[@spencerbrannon4416]

As usual, this channel poses a question, gives some history then talks around and around and around the issue without EVER actually arriving at a conclusion. In a way it’s absolutely extraordinary; 14 minutes to say nothing.

[@herpnderpn2484]

It's a bit like a middle school book report.... Forgets what they were even trying to do half way through.

[@hoshme]

Watching these videos, I do feel more educated on subjects I wouldn’t have been if the question had been answered quickly and succinctly

[@PodJeeMC]

ADS! ADS! ADS!

[@abrogard142]

thanks for the tip. save me 15 minutes.

[@smbrob]

My diesel with ADD BLUE his exhaust is cleaner than a gasoline one.

[@audionut9974]

is slow

[@abdelmouinboukhalfa4684]

Allmost every new truck is fited with add blue tank fuel to reduce emisions.

[@mothertruckersparadise3260]

@@audionut9974 diesel can be fast too

[@Gabztar97]

@@mothertruckersparadise3260 the compression ratio makes diesels slower and the high torque comes in only in the begging of the rev rang. So gasoline powered cars are faster to its diesel counterparts.

[@mothertruckersparadise3260]

@@Gabztar97 a diesel has won the 24 hours of Lemans many times. Computers and other technologies, 22 speed transmission etc.. a diesel can be made to Rev just as quickly. Dig deeper

[@ajarnolaf9034]

rented a diesel 'Citroen' car while traveling in Spain a few years ago.

[@mareksieradzki1458]

Thinking and open-minded person can easily find info, that diesel engines exhaust is much less harmful to humans and enviroment than gas ones. They are also economical. No wonder "they" want to do away with them.

[@horacewonghy]

Because politics

[@michaelrich5501]

Plus Diesel engines last much longer then petrol which means less car sales

[@saraswatkin9226]

Diesel stinks !!

[@henkholdingastate]

In Holland the number (especially the older) diesels are reduced by bullying them away. They are no longer allowed to enter certain cities and road tax is increased. And all this with the story "good for the environment. While the (modern) diesel is cleaner than a modern petrol car

[@BigBundy82]

The narrator of these CNBC videos is Awesome.. He steals the show.... I love watching these videos

[@gregcrabb3497]

I had an old Chevy truck with a diesel V8 in it. No computers or turbos, no DPF, just a simple engine. i used to get rid of old oils around the house in that old truck. I'd fill it almost full with diesel then add transmission fluid. When I had a bottle of old vegetable oil in the kitchen, I'd pour it in my truck. Never hurt it. I miss that old truck. Had it been a 4wd I never would have sold it.

[@kenmerry2729]

I've just purchased a new diesel and will never have another hybrid which was total rubbish but gave me a lot of tax back. Thank you HMRC.

[@oojimmyflip]

im buying 2 new diesels in 2029 they will see me out.

[@philbydoodle6199]

They just pushed up the price of diesel as soon as domestic vehicles started using them,so now there is little cost saving

[@dan_ariyaene_2005]

We can try and reduce our carbon emissions. We have used some of these terms so much that everyone thinks it's just a 21st-century stereotype.

[@bryanmoore3051]

Not only are they more fuel efficient but also more cost effcient especially in the long term. The longevity and reliability is worth it to me.

[@joebloggs2312]

It's the turbocharger that makes a "Turbo Diesel" fuel efficient; but now they start making "Turbo Petrol", the gaps in fuel efficiency is much smaller, comparable even. Plus you have to spend thousands more to buy a diesel engine in the first place.

[@bryanmoore3051]

@@joebloggs2312 yeah a diesel is most expensive initially but much less maintenance over time. Yeah parts and repair can be more expensive but in general they are less maintenance. They run cooler in general and just overall last longer. When people started to have issues is when they started putting all the emission regulated stuff on em, EGR,DEF,Diesel partical filters etc. I've got a 3/4 ton truck that gets about 20 on the highway but a gas engine making even 3/4 of the torque is going to annihilate fuel. My VW TDI gets around 52mpg and is definitely less maintenance then my gasoline engine car, especially after EGR was deleted and a better high flowing cat. I understand the point is to reduce emissions but I feel like if you're feeling up less in the first place then you are achieving the same goal you are burning less fuel. Bio diesel is extremely economic, It's easy to make and your using half the diesel #1 you would normally be using, I'm talking actual 60/40 bio diesel not the diesel #2 they claim is bio diesel.

[@bryanmoore3051]

@@joebloggs2312 also the turbo isnt what's making it fuel efficient, If your talking power though, comparing a forced induction engine to a naturally aspirated in terms of HP/TQ then yeah you can squeeze more power out of a forced induction engine and get better fuel economy. Diesels make a lot more torque not only because of the stroke but how they "fire". They also run cooler man, which means longer lasting and things like oil changes aren't near as often. They are also extremely simple by design... You can get insane fuel mileage out of a little four-cylinder,8 valve,single over head cam diesel engine and get a half million miles out of the motor easily. There's no way around it they are without a doubt less maintenance.

[@joebloggs2312]

@@bryanmoore3051 I also have a Golf in Mk7 TSI. 48 mpg longterm combined cycle (mix of urban and highway) on premium fuel. 127,000km (79,000 miles) and I do oil changes, filter changes, tyre rotations, etc myself so hardly ever need to check it in for repairs or maintenance. It's in stock form, and working great

[@User-cb4jm]

Lol’d at “longevity and reliability”. Maybe if you are comparing two Volkswagens given how unreliable VW petrol engines are, but try a Toyota or a Honda engine and they’ll show you how reliable they can make ‘em.

[@paulx2777]

My lifetime mileage (calculated on fuelly.com) in my Audi A3 TDI is 45mpg, and improving over time. On the highway I always get over 50...

[@edwardcarberry1095]

My 1980 Celica was normal to get 32 MPG! Doing the speed limit. Doing above the speed limit did get 40.6 MPG!

[@davidsheriff8989]

I had Bora TD 1.8 diesel used to get 60 miles to the gallon with it, outclimbed petrol cars on mountain roads, quiet smooth running....would always prefer diesel over gasoline !

[@overtaxed3628]

1.9 TD, for 20 years VW used 1.9 liter diesel engine in many forms, the magic number is 1.9 never, not ever 1.8 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@baronvonjo1929]

Do people realize how toxic the process of making lithium batteries is for the environment? And what happens when that battery is spent?

[@Desertdweller1965]

Aryrix 1 not to mention all the diesel burned to get those batteries to the end user. Then to do it all over again 5 years later.

[@ericscaillet2232]

Diesel is not the problem. ...people overpopulation is😒

[@pixelfairy]

yes, a small fraction of diesel. then the batteries go on to second life use such as a stationary storage, and then recycling. hydrogen is more likely to replace diesel where more energy density is needed, but thats also electric. there are already diesel electric motors, so half the work is already done.

[@Sensei_Gaz]

Just bought another turbo-diesel, long live oil burners!