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Active keyless entry, where a button has to be pushed, has been around for decades. Passive keyless entry, where you don’t have to push a button to unlock the car, is becoming standard on many higher model cars. Both keyless entry methods are much more convenient for drivers. With embedded chips, they also offer more...
Computers have been a crucial part of cars since the introduction of electronic fuel injection in the 1980s. The technology surge of the three decades since has taken computers from simple electronic controls to complicated, networked, fully functioning computers with up to one hundred million lines of code. Modern Computers are Integrated More than Ever...
It’s been nearly a decade since the US Environmental Protection Agency adopted more stringent criteria for diesel fuels. The goal was to reduce diesel emissions and diminish the production of black carbon particulate matter. Since 2014, ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel has been required for all diesel uses including on-road vehicles, off-road agricultural, construction and...
Modern cars can easily run on up to a hundred million lines of software code. In comparison, that’s two or three times the amount of code used for Facebook. With all that code, there’s a lot that they can control, but there’s also a good amount that they can’t. It’s Actually a Network of Computers It’s...
You’ve probably heard a lot about emissions and why they need to be controlled. But have you ever wondered what they are or how cars keep them under control? The emissions themselves are a combination of burned and unburned substances like hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxides that can come from the combustion...
Modern cars can easily have one hundred million lines of code in their computers, controlling everything from acceleration to connectivity to the braking system. That also includes the emission control systems. But how exactly do they do that? Types of Emission Control Systems There are several different systems to control emissions throughout your car: Catalytic...
We’ve all heard about automotive recalls for faulty mechanical parts. These have been going on for decades. The 1990s saw the introduction of computers to vehicles, and they’ve only become more and more involved in the vehicle’s operation. Today, both the computers and the software are integral parts of modern vehicles. Just like any other...
Diesel cars have been steadily gaining traction in America. In 2015, there were 7.4 million diesel-powered passenger vehicles on the roads, representing roughly 3% of the 250 million passenger vehicles in the country. On the other side of the Atlantic, the story is quite different. By some estimates, diesel cars account for 55% of passenger vehicles,...
While the basics of diesel technology have remained fundamentally unchanged for more than 120 years, the advent of clean diesel has introduced car buyers, owners, dealers and mechanics to a host of new technologies and terms. Whether you’re doing research for an impending car purchase or talking to your favorite mechanic, here are eight acronyms...
There are more than 7 million diesel cars, SUVs, trucks and vans on American roads. Whether you’re in the market for a clean diesel vehicle or you’re simply interested in learning more, it helps to have a basic grasp of three key technologies used to reduce diesel emissions and help new-gen vehicles earn the clean diesel moniker....