Europe loves turbo diesel-powered automobiles and it is hardly a surprise why. Truth be told, hybrid vehicles and their electric counterparts still have a long way to go to make sense range-wise and ...

The particulate filter is pretty much mandatory in diesel cars these days. Its association with diesel-powered cars brought it the handle DPF, which stands for diesel particulate filter. Now, though, ...

How DPFs trap soot and ash to reduce emissions. How regular maintenance acn prevent DPF failure and costly replacements. Signs of DPF issues that should prompt immediate attention. How proper oil and ...

Cobus has never been able to keep his car opinions to himself and at age 12, he expressed them in no uncertain terms to a certain motoring magazine’s editor. It was the first of many times he would be ...

Volkswagen has yet to get modifications to reduce the emissions of TDI diesel cars with illegal "defeat device" software approved by U.S. regulators. But while it continues to wrestle with that ...

Virtually all carmakers use particulate filters in their diesel cars to meet the most stringent emissions standards. These filters trap particulate matter left over from the combustion process that ...

In recent years, a bigger focus has been put on the reduction of harmful pollutants emitted by cars. Diesel cars use what’s known as a DPF or ‘Diesel Particulate Filter’ to reduce air pollutants ...

Vehicles in the U.S. are set to release more than one septillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) exhaust emissions particles that could relatively easily be avoided with the use of diesel and gas ...

The diesel particulate filter (DPF) has continued to improve over its 15-year existence. So have other components of aftertreatment systems (ATS) that help send cleaner exhaust through the DPF.

Starting next month, all BMW gasoline and plug-in hybrid vehicles sold in Germany will be fitted with a Gasoline Particulate Filter (GPF) to reduce emissions. The move will bring all BMW gasoline ...