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    of working on his ideas, Diesel published them in 1893 in the essay Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor. Diesel was heavily criticised for...
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    General Motors Diesel was a railway diesel locomotive manufacturer located in London, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1949 as the Canadian subsidiary...
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    A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed...
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    industry. Formerly a division of General Motors, EMD has been owned by Progress Rail since 2010. Electro-Motive Diesel traces its roots to the Electro-Motive...
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    overseas markets began. In 1960, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. acquired Minsei Diesel, and was renamed Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd. Forward-control trucks and...
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    railways by diesel–electric locomotives and diesel–electric multiple units, as electric motors are able to supply full torque at 0 RPM. Diesel–electric systems...
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    introduced as the initial flagship product of the Detroit Diesel Engine Division of General Motors in 1938. This engine was in high demand during WWII, necessitating...
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    transmission systems (diesel-electric locomotives, electric hybrid vehicles), and battery electric vehicles. Direct-current motors with series field windings...
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    The General Motors–Detroit Diesel V8 engine is a series of diesel V8 engines first introduced by General Motors for their C/K pickup trucks in 1982. Developed...
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    General Motors Diesel Division (GMDD) was a marketing and customer service unit of General Motors founded in 1938. It sought customers for GM's diesel engines...
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  • Rolls-Royce in 2014. January 1938: General Motors began diesel engine manufacturing in Detroit under the Detroit Diesel Engine Division, and re-organized its...
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    specialised in the manufacturing of diesel engines for automotive applications. Until 2005, it was known as MWM Motores Diesel Ltda. MWM was founded as Motoren...
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    Augsburg in Augsburg, gave Rudolf Diesel the opportunity to test and develop his ideas. The first successful diesel engine Motor 250/400 was officially tested...
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    conventional motor-vehicle diesel fuel. These heavy fuel oils (often called Bunker C) can be used in diesel-powered and steam-powered vessels. Diesel fuel is...
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    Fuel dye (redirect from Red diesel)
    a diluted hydrochloric acid, allowing detection of the red diesel added into motor diesel in amounts as low as 2–3%. With the implementation decision...
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    (March 1, 2006). "General Motors' Diesel History - Baselines". Motor Trend. Gold, Aaron (February 7, 2017). "General Motors Once Built Locomotives — Really...
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  • Combined diesel-electric and diesel (CODLAD) is a naval propulsion system in which an electric motor and a diesel engine act on a single propeller. The...
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    Diesel exhaust fluid (DEF; also known as AUS 32 and marketed as AdBlue) is a liquid used to reduce the amount of air pollution created by a diesel engine...
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    the motor oil to temperatures of 160 °C (320 °F). In diesel engines, the top ring can expose the oil to temperatures over 315 °C (600 °F). Motor oils...
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    a pneumatic device that converts mechanical power (from an electric motor, diesel or gasoline engine, etc.) into potential energy stored in compressed...
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    electric and diesel-electric locomotives, street-cars/trams and diesel electric drilling rigs for many years. The introduction of DC motors and an electrical...
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    A motor ship or motor vessel is a ship propelled by an internal combustion engine, usually a diesel engine. The names of motor ships are often prefixed...
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    twin turbocharged diesel engine. The F25 is the second generation of BMW X3. The vehicle was unveiled in 2010 at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. For this generation...
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    A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated...
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    Ducato se renueva, la furgoneta italiana estrena diseño, tecnología, motor diésel y una opción eléctrica con un 30% más de autonomía". 23 October 2023...
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    EMD SW1200 (category General Motors Diesel locomotives)
    An EMD SW1200 is a four-axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and May 1966. Power is provided...
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    Railcar (redirect from Diesel railcar)
    New Zealand White Motor Company railcar in the collection of the Railtown 1897 State Historic Park. Jamestown, California GWR diesel railcar, collection...
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  • developed by VM Motori, an Italian manufacturer of diesel engines, in collaboration with General Motors—for a planned European Cadillac. However, GM's bankruptcy...
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    A diesel generator (DG) (also known as a diesel genset) is the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate...
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    reaching — Rudolf Diesel On page 16 of Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor, Diesel writes that ignition in his rational heat motor takes place...
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