However, most regular diesel engines can run on a diesel blend that uses 2 percent or 5 percent biodiesel, called B2 and B5, respectively.
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All of his cars still run on regular diesel too.
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Public hybrid buses have been tested in New York to some success, according to the EDTA, which says the buses emit 90 percent less particulate matter and 30 percent fewer greenhouse gases than regular diesel buses.
All of these states are heavily reliant upon regular shipments of diesel to power electrical generating plants.
They also examined estimated fuel costs according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mileage ratings assuming 15, 000 miles a year, using factory-recommended fuel--that is, regular, premium or diesel--at today's prices and weighted for a realistic mix between city and highway driving.
It has allowed small but regular increases in state-set diesel prices and allowed more foreign investment in a number of sectors, including retail and aviation.
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Since September, the government has allowed small but regular increases in the price of diesel to reduce its spending on fuel subsidies, and has permitted more foreign investment in retail, aviation and broadcasting.
Diesels can save you hundreds of dollars each year in fuel costs, even though diesel typically costs more than regular gasoline.
It also allowed regular increases in the subsidized price of diesel to improve its weak financial position that has often been blamed for putting the rating at risk.
Since September, the government has taken several fiscal reform measures such as allowing regular increases in state-set discounted prices of diesel and capping the number of LPG cylinders available to families at subsidized rates.
The factories regularly lost power and had to rely on their own diesel generators, at a cost four times that of regular electricity.
The Electric Defender test vehicles swap the 2.2-liter, four-cylinder diesel engine and six-speed manual gearbox of the regular Defender 110 for a 70-kilowatt electric motor that puts out the equivalent of 94 horsepower and 243 foot-pounds of torque.
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