Why Diesel Cars Are Disappearing

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  • Опубликовано: 21 июн 2020
  • Today, diesel engines are known to be heavy-duty, hardworking engines, most commonly found in heavy machinery. But their reputation for being fuel efficient made them a once popular choice for cars across parts of the world. Then the case for diesel seemed to crash in the 90s, when global health authorities determined diesel to be carcinogenic.
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  • @toddstidham8374
    @toddstidham8374 3 года назад +1195

    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
      @RichardASK 3 года назад +115

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

    • @arcanondrum6543
      @arcanondrum6543 3 года назад +143

      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
      @someguy9520 3 года назад +46

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

    • @pierceyu4546
      @pierceyu4546 3 года назад +26

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

    • @someguy9520
      @someguy9520 3 года назад +31

      @@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
    @trollmctrollface7450 3 года назад +1825

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

  • @bradrenfrew2749
    @bradrenfrew2749 Год назад +476

    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
      @bradrenfrew2749 Год назад +19

      @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
      @warrenpuckett4203 Год назад

      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
      @turboflush Год назад +11

      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
      @warrenpuckett4203 Год назад +5

      @@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
      @adrianvasile4683 Год назад +2

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

  • @tristanclark7795
    @tristanclark7795 2 года назад +154

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

    • @iiceman2431
      @iiceman2431 2 года назад

      True that

    • @Bartonovich52
      @Bartonovich52 2 года назад +4

      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
      @mercury6765 2 года назад +15

      @@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
      @francisbarnett320 2 года назад +12

      @@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
      @geoben1810 2 года назад

      @@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
    @TheSlimCognito 3 года назад +272

    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
      @andrewsang4688 2 года назад +35

      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
      @thepurdychannel8866 2 года назад +13

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

    • @boxoffisa
      @boxoffisa 2 года назад +2

      @@thepurdychannel8866 peanut oil? Lmao.

    • @HailNjord
      @HailNjord 2 года назад +7

      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
      @thepurdychannel8866 2 года назад +8

      @@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

  • @opalyankaBG
    @opalyankaBG 3 года назад +1720

    So, they're not really disappearing.

    • @randomkoreanguy
      @randomkoreanguy 3 года назад +118

      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
      @jericoba 3 года назад +40

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

    • @TKUA11
      @TKUA11 3 года назад +34

      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
      @je.m3320 3 года назад +27

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

    • @fdect
      @fdect 3 года назад +32

      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.

  • @anthonydilligaf823
    @anthonydilligaf823 2 года назад +65

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

    • @Gr1m3d4wg
      @Gr1m3d4wg Год назад

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

    • @RahulBiker
      @RahulBiker Год назад

      😞😞😞😞

  • @cliffowens3629
    @cliffowens3629 2 года назад +83

    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
      @PistonAvatarGuy 2 года назад

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

    • @davidanderson8469
      @davidanderson8469 2 года назад

      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
      @theincrediblehulk5797 Год назад

      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
      @jonuno 7 месяцев назад

      What model and year

    • @Ilikepie18855
      @Ilikepie18855 3 месяца назад

      what was the mileage when it finally died?

  • @somervillearron
    @somervillearron 3 года назад +1078

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

    • @SlingSalsa
      @SlingSalsa 3 года назад +54

      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
      @michaelgayle3463 3 года назад +1

      @@SlingSalsabb. B b bbbbb

    • @aaronstone6183
      @aaronstone6183 3 года назад +10

      More than you've seen on TV.

    • @matrix2678
      @matrix2678 3 года назад +2

      they need some bs to sell advancement

    • @Paul-gz5dp
      @Paul-gz5dp 3 года назад +34

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

  • @patricklondon6006
    @patricklondon6006 3 года назад +502

    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
      @AdamSmith-gs2dv 3 года назад +69

      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
      @lthundertree6385 3 года назад +24

      @@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
      @paulwilliams2024 3 года назад +12

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

    • @scottgordon1781
      @scottgordon1781 3 года назад +25

      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
      @peterdaniel66 3 года назад +17

      even though it costs a LOT less to make..

  • @abhisheksavant4307
    @abhisheksavant4307 2 года назад +354

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

    • @Project153
      @Project153 2 года назад +19

      @Generic JC Denton pic Planned obsolescence.

    • @aimlessparasite1289
      @aimlessparasite1289 2 года назад +29

      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
      @nicoj3660 2 года назад +11

      The usual Republican conspiracies and scare tactics.

    • @aimlessparasite1289
      @aimlessparasite1289 2 года назад +44

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

    • @Bartonovich52
      @Bartonovich52 2 года назад +7

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

  • @sharkracer
    @sharkracer 2 года назад +153

    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
      @soundterrorist256 2 года назад +12

      85 torque? Do you have trouble getting moving?

    • @sharkracer
      @sharkracer 2 года назад +32

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

    • @ctdieselnut
      @ctdieselnut 2 года назад +1

      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
      @FeldwebelWolfenstool 2 года назад +26

      BMW? 10 years? I wish you luck.

    • @sharkracer
      @sharkracer 2 года назад +5

      @@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...

  • @raulbila46
    @raulbila46 3 года назад +948

    plot twist: it won't disappear

    • @curtisducati
      @curtisducati 3 года назад +22

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

    • @curtisducati
      @curtisducati 3 года назад +18

      @@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
      @efandmk3382 3 года назад +11

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

    • @THESLlCK
      @THESLlCK 2 года назад +11

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

    • @sayedali8051
      @sayedali8051 2 года назад +6

      Turbo charged diesel engine is better

  • @AlgoCurioso4
    @AlgoCurioso4 3 года назад +1677

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

    • @sudarshan3965
      @sudarshan3965 3 года назад +10

      Be complacent in what you have.

    • @nachiketkejriwal9433
      @nachiketkejriwal9433 3 года назад +20

      what

    • @EmilianoGonzalez6n11
      @EmilianoGonzalez6n11 3 года назад +81

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

    • @davidelliott5843
      @davidelliott5843 3 года назад +18

      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
      @nestorrivera4584 3 года назад +4

      Whatz

  • @Fulmynato
    @Fulmynato 2 года назад +82

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

    • @throwaway692
      @throwaway692 2 года назад +3

      Never heard of a diesel electric?

    • @Fulmynato
      @Fulmynato 2 года назад +8

      @@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
      @throwaway692 2 года назад +1

      @@Fulmynato Fair enough. LOL!

    • @johnsergei
      @johnsergei 2 года назад

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

    • @johnsergei
      @johnsergei 2 года назад

      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.

  • @alistairshanks5099
    @alistairshanks5099 Год назад +51

    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.

    • @david124773
      @david124773 7 месяцев назад

      But is that true for gasoline engines as well?

    • @The_Wanderer...
      @The_Wanderer... 6 месяцев назад

      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
      @seb_1504 26 дней назад

      ​@@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...
      @The_Wanderer... 26 дней назад

      @@seb_1504 not without TLC

  • @charonstyxferryman
    @charonstyxferryman 3 года назад +57

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

    • @bingosunnoon9341
      @bingosunnoon9341 3 года назад +1

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

    • @Federico0
      @Federico0 Год назад +1

      *in the US

    • @TheAmericanCatholic
      @TheAmericanCatholic Год назад

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

  • @charleswise3390
    @charleswise3390 3 года назад +281

    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
      @Mr-Ad-196 3 года назад +4

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

    • @samuelmatheson9655
      @samuelmatheson9655 3 года назад +8

      ha ha, peanut engine go brrrrrrrrrrrrr

    • @victorbobier3416
      @victorbobier3416 3 года назад +13

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

    • @LarryfromPH
      @LarryfromPH 3 года назад +18

      So technically, biodiesel?

    • @julosx
      @julosx 3 года назад +9

      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.

  • @SloeJuice
    @SloeJuice 2 года назад +50

    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
      @d3str0i3r 2 года назад +6

      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
      @kiae-nirodiariesencore4270 2 года назад +10

      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
      @garycoates6837 2 года назад +1

      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
      @kiae-nirodiariesencore4270 2 года назад +5

      @@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
      @orangecookie3132 2 года назад +1

      @@d3str0i3r they have that in Germany

  • @ernestocruz9630
    @ernestocruz9630 2 года назад +47

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

    • @alexanderkingtickle
      @alexanderkingtickle 2 года назад

      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
      @barryobrien1890 2 года назад

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

  • @jacobramsey7624
    @jacobramsey7624 3 года назад +302

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

    • @WineScrounger
      @WineScrounger 3 года назад +51

      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
      @jacobramsey7624 3 года назад +9

      @@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
      @WineScrounger 3 года назад +3

      @@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
      @1towmater1 3 года назад

      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
      @WineScrounger 3 года назад +3

      @@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.

  • @healthdios
    @healthdios 3 года назад +300

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

    • @blackthunder8602
      @blackthunder8602 3 года назад +6

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

    • @pedrolopes3542
      @pedrolopes3542 3 года назад +15

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

    • @alexm566
      @alexm566 3 года назад +1

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

    • @hashiramasenju6058
      @hashiramasenju6058 3 года назад +8

      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
      @DIVISIONINCISION 3 года назад

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

  • @rabhaw2327
    @rabhaw2327 2 года назад +7

    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
      @sulahm3252 Год назад

      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
      @PeteTheL337 Год назад +2

      @@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
      @nuudelz3711 10 месяцев назад +2

      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

  • @AlAl-wu7mp
    @AlAl-wu7mp 4 месяца назад +6

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

  • @roberthaworth8991
    @roberthaworth8991 3 года назад +556

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

    • @ricome169
      @ricome169 3 года назад +17

      That's a good one lol

    • @overtaxed3628
      @overtaxed3628 3 года назад +24

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

    • @ad220588
      @ad220588 3 года назад +2

      😂👍

    • @denysivanov3364
      @denysivanov3364 3 года назад +11

      @@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
      @denysivanov3364 3 года назад +5

      @@peek5548 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.

  • @97ameen
    @97ameen 3 года назад +83

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

  • @alexanderkingtickle
    @alexanderkingtickle 2 года назад +66

    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
      @pauldethick6175 2 года назад +16

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

    • @johnsergei
      @johnsergei 2 года назад +10

      @@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
      @Tracert-mc1hu 2 года назад +8

      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
      @Bartonovich52 2 года назад +1

      @ 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
      @johnsergei 2 года назад +7

      @@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???)

  • @nonaurbiz1111
    @nonaurbiz1111 2 года назад +47

    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
      @mpelevic 2 года назад +8

      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
      @Eduardo-lw6nd 2 года назад

      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
      @thegamerkhan 2 года назад +2

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

    • @mpelevic
      @mpelevic 2 года назад +4

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

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 Год назад +1

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

  • @dealerovski82
    @dealerovski82 3 года назад +266

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

    • @michaelric3540
      @michaelric3540 3 года назад +10

      Ya they were installing one into the big rig.

    • @masonwagers8505
      @masonwagers8505 3 года назад +16

      Apparently you weren’t watching the video

    • @boboutelama5748
      @boboutelama5748 3 года назад +4

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

    • @KOST1110
      @KOST1110 3 года назад

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

  • @BrianNC81
    @BrianNC81 3 года назад +74

    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
      @ronjohnson8119 2 года назад +7

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

    • @Brian-om2hh
      @Brian-om2hh 2 года назад

      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
      @jay-uo2bi Год назад +5

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

    • @AbcAbc-sp1od
      @AbcAbc-sp1od Год назад +2

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

    • @Brian-om2hh
      @Brian-om2hh Год назад +2

      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.

  • @davidhildebrand8894
    @davidhildebrand8894 2 года назад +2

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

  • @thelegendaryblackbeastofar39
    @thelegendaryblackbeastofar39 3 года назад +48

    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
      @sspiby 2 года назад +2

      stop eating beef if you care about tropical forests

    • @thelegendaryblackbeastofar39
      @thelegendaryblackbeastofar39 2 года назад

      @@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
      @arher9598 2 года назад +4

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

    • @joshualloyd4275
      @joshualloyd4275 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @markadams5823
    @markadams5823 3 года назад +244

    I don't think diesel going anywhere anytime soon

    • @peterwilson5528
      @peterwilson5528 3 года назад +9

      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
      @stickynorth 3 года назад +10

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

    • @royy9
      @royy9 3 года назад

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

    • @ryandarko2115
      @ryandarko2115 3 года назад +4

      Definitely not in Europe

    • @frankdenardo8684
      @frankdenardo8684 3 года назад +4

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

  • @jeffreymeyers6676
    @jeffreymeyers6676 3 года назад +216

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

    • @ericsandrin8123
      @ericsandrin8123 3 года назад +24

      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
      @gregbaniak9650 3 года назад +15

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

    • @kkal1183
      @kkal1183 3 года назад +9

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

    • @ammerudgrenda
      @ammerudgrenda 3 года назад +8

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

    • @Steve25g
      @Steve25g 3 года назад +12

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

  • @sricharanreddy1922
    @sricharanreddy1922 2 года назад +10

    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
      @Brian-om2hh 2 года назад

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

    • @princeofheaven19
      @princeofheaven19 2 года назад

      @@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.

  • @cocreatoris
    @cocreatoris 2 года назад +28

    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.

  • @AgentSmith911
    @AgentSmith911 3 года назад +237

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

    • @brandonlewis5045
      @brandonlewis5045 3 года назад +59

      me too screw electric garbage

    • @alphatrion100
      @alphatrion100 3 года назад +3

      Sure some people like agricultural vehicles

    • @alphatrion100
      @alphatrion100 3 года назад +5

      @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
      @roky-wd9ib 3 года назад +1

      But your agent smith

    • @moongazer07
      @moongazer07 3 года назад +2

      @@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

  • @freggo6604
    @freggo6604 3 года назад +51

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

    • @RobiBue
      @RobiBue 3 года назад +5

      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
      @player6970 3 года назад

      Overhead!

    • @jamesbayly5785
      @jamesbayly5785 3 года назад

      Not a hybrid? Diesel electric?

    • @THESLlCK
      @THESLlCK 2 года назад

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

    • @RobiBue
      @RobiBue 2 года назад

      @@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.

  • @gregcrabb3497
    @gregcrabb3497 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @kennethwoolard5910
    @kennethwoolard5910 Год назад +1

    My first car was an Isuzu Diesel Deluxe Coupe! In 1982 I was easily getting 42 mpg around town!!!! Loved that little car! In the summer it was so quite that I had to look at my Tachometer to see if it was running!!!

  • @ShubhoBose
    @ShubhoBose 3 года назад +140

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

    • @enriquevillacoronado2249
      @enriquevillacoronado2249 3 года назад +24

      In europe as well (at least in Spain)

    • @Ilikepie18855
      @Ilikepie18855 3 года назад +14

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

    • @acoustic6865
      @acoustic6865 3 года назад +9

      @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
      @Amit_Kumar_Trivedi 3 года назад +1

      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
      @acoustic6865 3 года назад +2

      @@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
    @philipfreeman72 3 года назад +79

    Diesel engines efficiency can not be denied .

    • @putusudiarta1111
      @putusudiarta1111 3 года назад +7

      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
      @putusudiarta1111 3 года назад +2

      @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
      @hgm8337 3 года назад

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

    • @dinuciora2633
      @dinuciora2633 3 года назад +7

      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
      @bindukopparapu2795 3 года назад +3

      @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.

  • @charmerci
    @charmerci Год назад +8

    What's never talked about is the countless number of times that long haul truckers keep their engines running for 6 hours every night while they sleep.

    • @royshaul2392
      @royshaul2392 Год назад +4

      Actually most modern trucks have heaters and/or auxiliary power units so they don;t need to be run all night. The reason they used to need to idle all night is so there was heat or air conditioning available … temperatures inside a truck WILL become life threatening without it.

    • @vladmihai306
      @vladmihai306 Год назад

      maybe in the us...trucks have auxiliary heaters.

    • @dsfkmgl6507
      @dsfkmgl6507 Год назад

      In the winter you have to keep diesels running or else you will likely be unable to start it depending on how cold it gets outside

    • @vladmihai306
      @vladmihai306 Год назад

      @@dsfkmgl6507 good, that's a nice "feature" of diesels that i am happy to have left in the past, given I've moved to a petrol car and starting in winter is a non issue.
      anyways, regarding keeping the engine on, european trucks have auxiliary heaters that will heat up the cabin and also heat up the engine to make it start even in -50. No need to keep it running.

  • @bryanmoore3051
    @bryanmoore3051 2 года назад +25

    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
      @joebloggs2312 2 года назад

      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
      @bryanmoore3051 2 года назад +2

      @@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
      @bryanmoore3051 2 года назад +2

      @@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
      @joebloggs2312 2 года назад

      @@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
      @User-cb4jm 2 года назад

      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.

  • @BlackTeethMedia
    @BlackTeethMedia 3 года назад +131

    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
      @bobbybaucom4489 3 года назад +15

      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
      @BlackTeethMedia 3 года назад +20

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

    • @BlackTeethMedia
      @BlackTeethMedia 3 года назад +8

      @@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
      @RaymondYocum-uw5hd 3 года назад +4

      Because oil companies want to make money

    • @axemanracing6222
      @axemanracing6222 3 года назад +34

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

  • @4057hofft
    @4057hofft 3 года назад +183

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

    • @boxlid214
      @boxlid214 3 года назад +4

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

    • @rightsdontcomewithpermits7073
      @rightsdontcomewithpermits7073 3 года назад +2

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

    • @Saddutchman
      @Saddutchman 3 года назад +2

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

    • @lthundertree6385
      @lthundertree6385 3 года назад +2

      @@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
      @truckeemick2486 3 года назад +1

      @@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.

  • @georgesealy4706
    @georgesealy4706 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @humblecourageous3919
    @humblecourageous3919 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @ivanavargova8078
    @ivanavargova8078 3 года назад +49

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

    • @bingosunnoon9341
      @bingosunnoon9341 3 года назад +4

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

    • @tunisiangladiator6509
      @tunisiangladiator6509 2 года назад +5

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

    • @christianmadsen7997
      @christianmadsen7997 2 года назад +2

      I allso like my 1992 Ford Transit turbo diesel

    • @smcc839
      @smcc839 2 года назад +5

      Skoda octavia tdi here 😌

    • @mikafiltenborg2291
      @mikafiltenborg2291 Год назад

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

  • @valt1337
    @valt1337 3 года назад +930

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

    • @SashaM0915
      @SashaM0915 3 года назад +13

      Thank you lol

    • @yk-et3un
      @yk-et3un 3 года назад +9

      Thank you

    • @Duck95ish
      @Duck95ish 3 года назад +9

      we appreciate you!

    • @allenbercero3661
      @allenbercero3661 3 года назад +10

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

    • @JoeBlack1108
      @JoeBlack1108 3 года назад +7

      @@vonBottorff 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 Fordruclips.net/video/Au3U72CX74I/видео.html
      That should explain the video

  • @alexhickey5633
    @alexhickey5633 Год назад +1

    Having driven and fixed both petrol and diesel engines, i can say i do prefer diesel. One thing people seem to completely forget about is just how clean modern diesel engines are. Euro 5 and euro 6 emmissions standards are ridiculously clean, to the point that you wont smell them when they pass you on the street. Compare that to diesels made 10 and 15 years previous. Smoke, stink and far higher emmissions like soot, nox, hydrocarbons just to name a few. Petrol engines havent been cleaned up a huge amount, not to the extent that diesel got. But if they really were worked on extensively they could get extremely clean, way cleaner than the engines we have on the roads now

  • @roboparks
    @roboparks Год назад +2

    It takes more oil to make a Gallon of Diesel than a gallon of gas. 47% of 42 gallons is 19-3/4 gallons of gasoline per barrel of oil. 23% of 42 gallons is 9.6 gallons of diesel/fuel oil per barrel of crude oil. The Ratio is almost 2-1 . 42 Gallon Barrel makes 20 Gallons of gas . 42 Gal Barrel make 10 Gallons of diesel.

  • @konigstiger3252
    @konigstiger3252 3 года назад +156

    Why is everyone trying to force electric car on everyone

    • @jellybeans0493
      @jellybeans0493 3 года назад +38

      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
      @ammerudgrenda 3 года назад +23

      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
      @ebonymaw8385 3 года назад +10

      @@ammerudgrenda i doubt it

    • @marc-andreservant201
      @marc-andreservant201 3 года назад +12

      @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.

    • @graveripper69
      @graveripper69 3 года назад

      @@jellybeans0493 and enter... #BITCOIN

  • @serjiang
    @serjiang 3 года назад +119

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

    • @SDav21
      @SDav21 3 года назад +2

      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
      @alexlu9564 3 года назад +36

      @@SDav21 driving probably

    • @zeryphex
      @zeryphex 3 года назад +2

      @J J
      Yay for electric vehicles!

    • @solar5286
      @solar5286 3 года назад +3

      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
      @SDav21 3 года назад +5

      @@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.

  • @XVeganDaveGodFreeX
    @XVeganDaveGodFreeX 2 года назад +9

    I love my 2005 deisel Sprinter, almost 500k miles on it and I'm still getting 22 MPG carrying over a ton of cargo!

    • @thomasfriedl3137
      @thomasfriedl3137 2 года назад +1

      How much do you pay for diesel?

    • @TheSuperBoyProject
      @TheSuperBoyProject 2 года назад

      @@thomasfriedl3137 $3 per gallon

    • @thomasfriedl3137
      @thomasfriedl3137 2 года назад

      @@TheSuperBoyProject Thats actually pretty cheap still compared to electricity its rediculous

  • @ArjayMartin
    @ArjayMartin Год назад +2

    The fact is, for every unit of petrol (gasoline), there is a unit of diesel produced... so it is 'using the whole animal). Those arguing against diesel are like those that 'fin' sharks and chuck the rest out.

  • @Marco911
    @Marco911 3 года назад +77

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

    • @NicholasLittlejohn
      @NicholasLittlejohn 3 года назад +9

      That's an excuse for spewing cancer?

    • @chiquicat1
      @chiquicat1 3 года назад +4

      @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
      @chiquicat1 3 года назад +1

      @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
      @kuessebrama 3 года назад +6

      @@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
      @kaneki1056 3 года назад

      @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

  • @silasdietrich7464
    @silasdietrich7464 3 года назад +60

    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
      @NEVER--MIND 3 года назад +6

      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
      @thebeast12333 3 года назад +2

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

    • @PremiumFuelOnly
      @PremiumFuelOnly 3 года назад +1

      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
      @blueteeth.spooker 3 года назад

      @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
      @Olliebobalong 3 года назад +6

      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.

  • @sdavidb5620
    @sdavidb5620 2 года назад +3

    I really miss my Jetta diesel. It was a fantastic little ride. With the amount of driving I do. It was fantastic on sipping fuel.

    • @psmh4
      @psmh4 2 года назад +2

      2006 Jetta tdi 435k miles on it, runs like new

  • @rsxteufel
    @rsxteufel 2 года назад +6

    There is nothing wrong with diesel...I love my rav4 diesel. Ever stay behind a gas car that run rich fuel.

    • @geraldwalsh6489
      @geraldwalsh6489 2 года назад +1

      Here in Ireland,i drive a diesel Toyota Avensis 2litre. I get 70mpg,using dipetane additive,which was invented here in Ireland. Diesel sales still big in Europe

    • @michaelsamuel9917
      @michaelsamuel9917 2 года назад

      @@geraldwalsh6489 What is "Dipetane" ?

  • @shmonyx
    @shmonyx 3 года назад +44

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

  • @scott.ballard
    @scott.ballard 3 года назад +32

    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
      @jonathancorbin9425 Месяц назад

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

  • @fredricful
    @fredricful 2 года назад

    Vorfor skall dere ha vinnmøller som er laget i kompositt materialer og så blir det slitt av luften og så må det byttes ut og norr bladene slites blanne kompositt materialene fra vindmølle vinger med luften så puster du det nedi dine lunger vorfor?

  • @shawnbottom4769
    @shawnbottom4769 2 года назад +9

    I purchased a 2013 "dieselgate" VW Passat last year and I love it. In commuter conditions, power is comparable to a gas v6. Yet I consistently average 40mpg tank to tank.

  • @blindbob2539
    @blindbob2539 3 года назад +31

    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
      @neoanderson7492 3 года назад

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

    • @blindbob2539
      @blindbob2539 3 года назад +15

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

    • @neoanderson7492
      @neoanderson7492 3 года назад

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

    • @blindbob2539
      @blindbob2539 3 года назад +13

      @@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
      @neoanderson7492 3 года назад

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

  • @jquill6
    @jquill6 3 года назад +101

    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
      @alexh349 3 года назад +8

      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
      @edwinbraun8282 3 года назад +16

      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
      @aesma2522 3 года назад +4

      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.
      @skaie. 3 года назад +2

      @@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
      @jquill6 3 года назад +7

      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.

  • @melvinhunt6976
    @melvinhunt6976 2 года назад +3

    I’ve always wondered, if diesel and gasoline are so terrible, then why do the healthiest grass and trees grow by Roads and Expressways ?

    • @redpill4431
      @redpill4431 Год назад

      That's because of the Co2 , trees and plants love it they thrive on it, its the life blood of trees and plants .

    • @melvinhunt6976
      @melvinhunt6976 Год назад

      @@redpill4431 CO2 is like a red BB in a Olympic size swimming pool full of BBS ! Absolutely no problem!

  • @glynnjohnson2194
    @glynnjohnson2194 2 года назад +3

    When the 2nd gas shortage occurred in 1979, every one wanted a diesel car or pick up truck. Thats when the cost of diesel fuel eventually became more expensive than gasoline. When everyone starts driving an electric vehicles the price of electricity will sky rocket. If they can't make money from you one way they'll find another way, guaranteed.

  • @raus_mit_Islam
    @raus_mit_Islam 3 года назад +114

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

    • @gregoryeverson741
      @gregoryeverson741 2 года назад +3

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

    • @ChrisBa303
      @ChrisBa303 2 года назад +2

      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
      @raus_mit_Islam 2 года назад +3

      @@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
      @armyofninjas9055 2 года назад +3

      @@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
      @darius4748 2 года назад +9

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

  • @troymelvin4870
    @troymelvin4870 3 года назад +18

    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.

  • @george2pak
    @george2pak Год назад +1

    As a euro-american I am sad to see very limited options on diesel vehicles. I think every hybrid vehicle available in 2023 in the USA should have the option of a diesel engine. Especially anything bigger than midsize SUV's and midsize pick up trucks.

  • @jackdarby6080
    @jackdarby6080 10 месяцев назад

    I had a Diesel VW Golf for 8 years, and it was absolutely fantastic. Now own a newer petrol Golf GTI. It's great fun, but I still sometimes miss the diesel engine. That little 1.6 TDI engine had way more power than any newer petrol 1.6 engines on motorways.
    I recently drove a modern 1.4 petrol Vauxhall Corsa, and on paper it had faster 0-60mph than my diesel golf. But it absolutely struggled when it came to motorway driving. Overtaking would be impossible sometimes.

  • @chaparra71
    @chaparra71 3 года назад +29

    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
      @Ididerus 2 года назад +1

      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
      @Brian-om2hh 2 года назад

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

  • @Lionn8563
    @Lionn8563 3 года назад +139

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

    • @stephendoherty8291
      @stephendoherty8291 3 года назад +15

      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
      @Gilotopia 3 года назад

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

    • @stephendoherty8291
      @stephendoherty8291 3 года назад

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

    • @stephendoherty8291
      @stephendoherty8291 3 года назад +6

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

    • @MVEProducties
      @MVEProducties 3 года назад +1

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

  • @fredricful
    @fredricful 2 года назад

    Va er renest vannet fra eksosanlegget på bilen eller det du har i springen som drikkevann?

  • @wiolettapagowski5590
    @wiolettapagowski5590 Год назад +1

    Our 2015 vw jetta gets consistently 60mpg ,we bought it used in 2017 for 20 thousand canadian, after 5 years ,I was offered 16 thousand even though it has 200 thousand miles.

  • @skywalkerhunterarchive
    @skywalkerhunterarchive 3 года назад +131

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

    • @makingcookingfixing
      @makingcookingfixing 3 года назад

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

    • @Cherokee93
      @Cherokee93 3 года назад +9

      @@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

    • @Cherokee93
      @Cherokee93 3 года назад +6

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

    • @makingcookingfixing
      @makingcookingfixing 3 года назад +1

      @@Cherokee93 Thank you!

    • @cancelled_user
      @cancelled_user 3 года назад +13

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

  • @ZKhweziN
    @ZKhweziN 3 года назад +79

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

    • @IFearlessINinja
      @IFearlessINinja 3 года назад +6

      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
      @honprarules 3 года назад +1

      He mentions this at 4:50.

    • @zwidawurzn9423
      @zwidawurzn9423 3 года назад +3

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

    • @zwidawurzn9423
      @zwidawurzn9423 3 года назад +1

      @@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
      @sturmbreakers7817 3 года назад

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

  • @joewelnack3283
    @joewelnack3283 2 года назад +10

    I own a 2015 Passat that I bought at the auction after the "fix" was made. I love the car and will keep it until the wheels fall off. VW told a few fibs, but I think it was really overblown.

  • @norwoodTV1
    @norwoodTV1 2 года назад

    im digging the beat in the background

  • @Putt-Putt
    @Putt-Putt 3 года назад +70

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

    • @beezymeech
      @beezymeech 3 года назад +6

      they're finally catching up, thats what

  • @hottomlie
    @hottomlie 3 года назад +81

    I love my diesel. The power, efficiency and durability and longevity is incredible. I don't want to ever go back to gas, and definitely not electric.
    There has been a media bias in the states for years it's obvious. They don't sell them here like rest of world. As long as we have long haul trucks, there will never be end to diesel.

    • @tthomassims9005
      @tthomassims9005 3 года назад +1

      long haul truckers would ware out an engine in like 50 K miles or less gas does not have the turque to move their loads from a dead stop nor to get it up a hill transmissions with extreme gear ratios will ware out faster its a no win to rely on gas nuclear power relies deisel to supply backup power if gas was so great why would they use desiel

    • @youxkio
      @youxkio 2 года назад

      Perfect for COAL ROLLING!!!!!!! OH YEAH!!

    • @OfOld
      @OfOld 2 года назад +1

      Yea...id like to see how long it would take an electric rig to make a run

    • @lightningstrikestwice6302
      @lightningstrikestwice6302 2 года назад +1

      General motors diesel back in the '80s didn't help it either.

    • @lightningstrikestwice6302
      @lightningstrikestwice6302 2 года назад

      Oh! There will be an end to diesel eventually. You may not live long enough to see it but they'll be an end to it. The emission systems to keep a diesel clean are horrendous. Not to mention expensive to maintain!

  • @Carnutzjoe
    @Carnutzjoe 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @Ilikepie18855
    @Ilikepie18855 3 месяца назад

    Still have 2015 VW amarok 2.0Tdi , the one thats cheated the emissions probably. Has about 248k km on it with original engine and zf 8 speed auto, service it every 15k km as per manual and been quite reliable so far. Drove about 50km on highway yesterday and got 6.8L/100km. Really good for a pickup truck! I wish there was no developments in diesels!

  • @ArianaTheDopest
    @ArianaTheDopest 3 года назад +58

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

    • @edgarvilchis7517
      @edgarvilchis7517 3 года назад

      Was it a fixer upper? Or was it recalled?

    • @ArianaTheDopest
      @ArianaTheDopest 3 года назад

      @@edgarvilchis7517 it was a buy back

    • @byroncastillo1107
      @byroncastillo1107 3 года назад +1

      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.

  • @Paco1337
    @Paco1337 3 года назад +163

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

    • @zeryphex
      @zeryphex 3 года назад +25

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

    • @redwhite_040
      @redwhite_040 3 года назад +23

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

    • @abn5618
      @abn5618 3 года назад +40

      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
      @ChildOfTheLie96 3 года назад +1

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

    • @alexpapuc6779
      @alexpapuc6779 3 года назад +6

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

  • @christophe9602
    @christophe9602 6 месяцев назад +1

    They're not "disappearing". They're legislated out of the market in the West to pile onto boats and ship to Africa, South-America and South-East Asia, where I'm sure they will be maintained, checked regularly against rigorous environmental standards and run on the cleanest possible fuel, and not at all for the next 50 years in whatever state possible. That way we are healing the weather, or something.

  • @Thepriest39
    @Thepriest39 2 года назад +4

    I drive my 2001 Cummins everyday. Diesel will never go away.

    • @Brian-om2hh
      @Brian-om2hh 2 года назад

      No, but the fuel will one day......

  • @billrowden5917
    @billrowden5917 3 года назад +15

    Love my 7.3 ford diesel and my 2015 VW 45 mpg

    • @NicholasLittlejohn
      @NicholasLittlejohn 3 года назад +1

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

    • @brandonlewis5045
      @brandonlewis5045 3 года назад

      @@NicholasLittlejohn so is electric pal

  • @makingwaves1239
    @makingwaves1239 3 года назад +116

    Modern diesel engines are far more environment friendly than the old ones. Diesel engines are a good choice for long distance travelling.

    • @rabot8837
      @rabot8837 3 года назад +14

      My Euro6-diesel is cleaner than most of the other cars on our roads. AD Blue takes care of that. Electrics cars...a scam. Here state collects the most profit of those, due to heavy taxation on electric power...

    • @denysivanov3364
      @denysivanov3364 3 года назад +6

      diesel is couple of times worse then gasoline car from pollution point of view.

    • @overbored617
      @overbored617 3 года назад +4

      @@denysivanov3364 but it's cheaper though and diesel engine repair and maintenance are cheap and easy

    • @rabot8837
      @rabot8837 3 года назад +5

      @@denysivanov3364 Denis, not true. Read this: youmatter.world/en/diesel-or-petrol-what-pollutes-more/

    • @nousername5673
      @nousername5673 3 года назад +5

      @@rabot8837 Electric cars are not a scam. According to physics, electric motors can be 85% efficient, if not greater, whereas diesel is 30 to 35% efficient and gasoline even lower. Plus, you can generate your own clean electrical energy to charge the battery, the batteries can be recycled by companies, and battery technology is constantly improving (especially with Tesla's innovations).

  • @Sensei_Gaz
    @Sensei_Gaz 3 месяца назад +2

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

  • @lesnicholas2433
    @lesnicholas2433 2 года назад

    Been driving heavy trucks for 45 years,drive a diesel Volvo car and have a Yanmar diesel in my boat that’s done thousands of hours since 2007 never missed a beat and only ever changed the oil every 250hrs,the reliability and fuel economy of the Diesel engine are incredible.But my electric 1500w pedal bike puts a smile on my face every time I ride it instant torque, and riding up a 1 in 4ft gradient as if it’s totally flat road silently,EV’s are the future exciting times.

  • @edgarvilchis7517
    @edgarvilchis7517 3 года назад +17

    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
      @orangecookie3132 2 года назад

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

    • @kristiaan1
      @kristiaan1 2 года назад

      diesel isn't exactly GAS efficient, is it?

    • @Brian-om2hh
      @Brian-om2hh 2 года назад

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

  • @crazygood150
    @crazygood150 3 года назад +74

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

    • @bngr_bngr
      @bngr_bngr 3 года назад +1

      Eric one day they will eliminate the production of diesel

    • @jeffhines2895
      @jeffhines2895 3 года назад +5

      @@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
      @georgemckenna462 3 года назад +3

      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
      @jimtekkit 3 года назад +1

      @@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
      @nvo7024 3 года назад +1

      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.

  • @victorciprian78
    @victorciprian78 2 года назад +5

    Nice video! I really liked it
    Even the comments were interesting to read, however some readers and drivers don't understand the issue here
    Yes, Diesel is efficient compared to gasoline. To burn the respective diesel, you need air. From chemistry, we remember that air contains more nitrogen than oxygen, that's why we get the NOx out the exhaust pipe (both gasoline and diesel)
    To remove the NOx effect, an O2 tank should be installed in each car and replace the natural air intake. Sound kinda of expensive, right? I mean, imagine having to fill up another tank, beside the one with fuel :))) (or an accident even worse)
    To remove particles, you need DPFs and GPFs, which should be more evolved
    MORE IMPORTANT: people shouldn't go to work by car in the city, unless you leave somewhere outside of it. Company should give cars to their employees, simply because they deserve it, they should give cars to those that need to stay on the road
    Electric vehicles are OK only for cities. If you need to go outside, and avoid headaches that you will be left on the highway, take a petrol/diesel powered car
    Big vehicles (bigger than 2.0) shouldn't be driven in the cities/towns. You don't need that kind of power in a city/town, unless you only want to compensate for something smaller ;)
    Electric vehicles should also be used in trucks and ships. Let's see them there in action, with low autonomy or solar powered
    Why is Europe the first to adopt such trend of EVs? Let's try with America, Africa, India-Indonesia-China(especially these three, where the pollution sky-rockets)

    • @mira-rara
      @mira-rara 2 года назад

      China is using electrical vehicle heavily now. They have the most electrical vehicle, more than every other countries combined.

    • @alexthebruh
      @alexthebruh 2 года назад

      Thanks for the very well wrote comment you speaking nothing but facts!

    • @ericb8030
      @ericb8030 2 года назад

      Egr was the first step to significantly reduce egr, then in 2013, scr catalysts converted the remaining NOx into N2 and H20. Dpfs have the highest standards, requiring what is know as a "white glove test" in the tail pipe(no soot should be collected on glove).

    • @ericb8030
      @ericb8030 2 года назад

      Egr was the first step to significantly reduce egr, then in 2013, scr catalysts converted the remaining NOx into N2 and H20. Dpfs have the highest standards, requiring what is know as a "white glove test" in the tail pipe(no soot should be collected on glove).

  • @ctdieselnut
    @ctdieselnut 2 года назад

    The thing people who don't drive diesels often dont understand, is that the majority of the peak torque number starts being made in the first third or quarter of the rpm range on up. A gasoline torque curve pretty much matches the rpm. You don't need to rev a diesel as high to get yourself moving or to pass or carry up a hill. I'm in the us and need heavy duty pick ups for business. All gas engines seem to get 10 mpg around town, doesn't matter what brand or year and that number only goes down hauling/towing. Diesels get 14 doing the exact same driving, in those same vehicles just with a different engine option. Yes they're more expensive, but you get all the money back when you sell them. Cold weather sucks but if the batteries are up to date and the glow plugs are working as they should, it's a non issue.
    The problem comes with 2008+ trucks when emissions regulation changed and to clean the exhaust, manufacturers were forced to add multiple expensive components that fail eventually, shorten the life of the engine by making them run hotter, and burn more fuel to generate heat to cook off any unburnt exhaust gases. In 2011, regulations got even more strict, and manufacturers added even more systems to pass emissions testing. Now all diesel trucks take def fluid. It's a separate tank that costs about 75-100$ to fill every few thousand miles.
    Between the rising cost of the diesel engine option due to the extra cleaning systems, fuel economy being lowered by said systems, and the fuel now being up to 50 cents more per gallon over regular, they have wiped out the advantage diesels once had. 15 years ago, people bought diesels for efficiency and power. Today, they are only bought for power or personal preference.
    It's a shame because it seems like they have ruined a good thing. I want clean air to breathe, I get it. But if you're burning significantly more fuel to get that, then overall it's a false economy. If emissions were based on output per mile driven and not by volume, how it's done now, it would be a different story. Diesels aren't going away anytime soon for all the off road engines, as mentioned in the video.

  • @craigtalbot607
    @craigtalbot607 3 года назад +39

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

    • @zianeshkasparen4358
      @zianeshkasparen4358 3 года назад +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😌 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.

    • @abovethelaw4417
      @abovethelaw4417 3 года назад +1

      VW is trash because its unreliable and expensive to maintain

    • @abovethelaw4417
      @abovethelaw4417 3 года назад

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

    • @TheGardenNoam
      @TheGardenNoam 2 года назад +3

      @@abovethelaw4417 ahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha tdi engines are vw's most reliable engines

    • @Brian-om2hh
      @Brian-om2hh 2 года назад

      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....

  • @smbrob
    @smbrob 3 года назад +54

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

    • @audionut9974
      @audionut9974 2 года назад

      is slow

    • @abdelmouinboukhalfa4684
      @abdelmouinboukhalfa4684 2 года назад

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

    • @mothertruckersparadise3260
      @mothertruckersparadise3260 2 года назад +3

      @@audionut9974 diesel can be fast too

    • @Gabztar97
      @Gabztar97 2 года назад

      @@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
      @mothertruckersparadise3260 2 года назад +5

      @@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

  • @quilmesdave
    @quilmesdave 2 года назад

    I have 190 D 5 speeds, 1984. It's a beauty!!

  • @SkittyDoogle
    @SkittyDoogle 3 месяца назад

    The death of diesel in standard passenger vehicles was definitely the VW dieselgate scandal. My dad had one of those cars. We got pieces of mail from VW about the compensation and how to turn it in if he didn't want to keep it. Obviously the compensation was VERY enticing and he sold it back. It was ~$14,000 for the car (2012 Jetta TDI) plus ~$5600 in compensation, so he got nearly $20k for it. He rolled that money into a gasoline powered 2015 Honda Crosstour EX-L and never thought about diesel again.