As mentioned above, TDI is used on VW Group diesel engines, but other companies use different acronyms for their diesels. The GDi engines Kia and Hyundai use slightly confuse things - these are petrol engines. Read our guide to the best diesel cars to buy this year, or see what you need to know about adding AdBlue to diesel engines. Towing with an electric car, hybrid or plug-in hybrid - what's the capacity and can you tow a caravan?
Electric car charging stations: a complete guide. Skip to header Skip to main content Skip to footer. Tips and Advice Home Volkswagen. B5 Read our guide to the best diesel cars to buy this year, or see what you need to know about adding AdBlue to diesel engines. Volkswagen Cars. All-new electric Volkswagen ID. Buzz teased ahead of launch. This means more air is packed into the combustion chambers and so more fuel can be mixed with it, delivering more power for a given amount of fuel.
Non-turbocharged diesel engines were typically economical but low on power; since first arriving in the late s, turbocharged diesels gave a much-needed power boost while still retaining the all-important fuel economy. As turbocharging technology improved, power and torque outputs continued to rise, eventually resulting in performance diesels that could rival petrol cars.
Traditionally both petrol and diesel engines used indirect injection, where fuel was injected outside the cylinder, a system that was a hangover from when cars used carburetors. Direct injection uses more sophisticated injectors that are electronically-operated so that the amount of fuel and the timing of the injections can be precisely controlled and the injections can be made at much higher pressures.
More efficient combustion also means reduced fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions without sacrificing driving dynamics. Volkswagen Turbocharged Direct Injection TDI Engine Technology From active soccer moms to speed-savvy adrenaline chasers, drivers are constantly chasing higher fuel efficiency and power ratings.
Read on. Since , only SCR exhaust gas treatment systems have been used in Volkswagen models with diesel engines.
SCR selective catalytic reduction technology significantly reduces nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas. Adblue is injected selectively upstream of two SCR catalytic converters which are arranged in series. The system is used in the new Passat 2. Volkswagen receives go-ahead from the Federal Motor Transport Authority for the modification of models with the 1.
The technical solutions for 2. Implementation can therefore soon begin on the first of the vehicles of the third and final engine size. The vehicle keepers will be notified in succession over the coming weeks.
All affected customers can then book their vehicle in for the modification at an authorised workshop at a time of their choosing.
The software update can now be promptly carried out on the first vehicles of the second affected engine-size category. The owners of these models are being successively informed and can then make an early appointment with an authorised workshop to have the update done. Volkswagen announces preliminary approval of 2. Breyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has granted preliminary approval of the settlement agreement reached on June 28 with private plaintiffs represented by the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee PSC to resolve civil claims regarding eligible Volkswagen and Audi 2.
Volkswagen Reaches Settlement Agreements with U. Federal Regulators, Private Plaintiffs and 44 U. Of approximately , 2. Volkswagen will establish a maximum funding pool for the 2. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft today announced that the Company has submitted a statement of defense to the Braunschweig District Court Landgericht Braunschweig in connection with the allegation of a violation of disclosure obligations under capital markets law.
After careful examination by internal and external legal experts, the Company confirms its belief that its Management Board duly fulfilled its disclosure obligation under German capital markets law. The Company emphasizes that this examination does not replace the independent investigation for the complete clarification of the diesel matter which is being conducted by the law firm Jones Day and is ongoing. The Company is making this public announcement to correct the selective and incomplete publication of documents in the media about the diesel matter and to avoid having partial excerpts of its statement of defense published in the media.
Notwithstanding this, Volkswagen deeply regrets the incidents related to the diesel issue. Volkswagen starts implementing technical measures for EA diesel engines in Europe. As agreed, Volkswagen began implementing the measures at the end of January for engines with a capacity of 2. Over the next few months, the measures will also be implemented on the engines with 1. Volkswagen is starting with the Amarok, with the Passat to follow shortly.
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