TDI Academy: Clean Diesel vs. Gasoline
June 23, 2009.Kudos to technology and good ol’ creative thinking. Without you, we’d live in a world devoid of pairings like vanilla ice cream and chocolate chip cookie dough, or cell phones that allow us to access our email or browse the hardware store’s assortment of hammers. There are countless such examples of matches painfully obvious with the benefit of hindsight, but on the flip side are marriages that will be forever puzzling. That’s especially true with words. In fact, until recently the words “clean” and “diesel” were not normally paired together. That changed with the debut of a new generation of so-called oil burners, including Volkswagen’s Jetta TDI, Jetta SportWagen TDI, and Touareg 2 TDI.
TDI Academy: Clean Diesel vs. Hybrid
June 15, 2009.Introduction
We realize there’s an awful lot of hype out there about new powertrains that promise to solve a long list of our planet’s most pressing problems, from global warming to the nationwide shortage of buffalo wings.
So we’re going to give it to you straight. Because we figure that if we lay out the pros [...]
TDI Academy: Tackling TDI technology
May 21, 2009.Truth: Volkswagen TDI FAQs
We realize Volkswagen’s TDI® technology may be new to some of you. With that in mind, we’ve put together a primer that covers all those things you always wanted to know about these “clean diesel” vehicles but didn’t know who to ask:
What does TDI stand for?
The TDI acronym is short [...]
VW TDI Clean Diesel. The 1st 50-state emissions compliant diesel in U.S.
August 18, 2008.Herndon, VA – The wait is over. After years of anticipation, Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced that their all-new and eagerly awaited, 50-state compliant clean diesel Jetta TDI sedan and SportWagen are now available nationwide.