Of course none of those oil-burners would be around today (or they would at least have a different name) without the work of one Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel. On this day 150 years ago, Dr. Diesel ...

Rudolf Diesel died in mysterious circumstances before he was able to capitalise on his ingenious invention. It was 22:00. Rudolf Diesel had retired to his cabin aboard the SS Dresden, travelling ...

Model Year 2016 Porsche Cayenne Year 2016 Engine 3.0L Turbo V6 Diesel Transmission 8-Speed Automatic Horsepower 240 hp Torque 406 lb-ft @ 1750 rpm Maximum Towing Capacity 7,716 lbs ...

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was born in Paris to Bavarian parents in 1858, at the height of what’s now called the First Industrial Revolution. It was the age of steam and iron production, and ...

Diesel filed a patent for an internal combustion engine in 1894, where fuel was injected at the top of a piston's compression cycle, and that combination created ignition. He almost died before ...

EXCLUSIVE: Priority Pictures, the production company of Emmy-winning producers Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder, and Greg Little, has optioned Douglas Brunt’s NYT bestseller The Mysterious Case of ...

The 260 D's significance isn't that it was the very first diesel powered vehicle, but rather that it was the first diesel-powered passenger car produced at scale and marketed to everyday drivers.

Diesel's name has become synonymous with a crude oil derivative, but he designed his engine to use a variety of fuels, from coal dust to vegetable oils. In 1900, at the Paris World Fair, he ...

EXCLUSIVE: Priority Pictures, the production company of Emmy-winning producers Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder, and Greg Little, has optioned Douglas Brunt‘s NYT bestseller The Mysterious Case of ...