diesel engine
Example Sentences
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Reinstatement of the California waiver comes as the Biden administration proposed stronger pollution regulations for new tractor-trailer rigs that would clean up smoky diesel engines and encourage new technologies during the next two decades.
From Seattle Times
But all these vessels are propelled by batteries charged with diesel engines and must surface frequently to get fuel or air for their engines.
From New York Times
Urea goes into an industrial elixir that reduces trucks’ harmful emissions and that South Korea doesn’t allow diesel engines to start without.
From New York Times
When the Kaleetan couldn’t sail this fall, they stayed with that boat, catching up on minor maintenance, such as replacing fuel injectors inside the diesel engines, said Chief Engineer Michael Fisher.
From Seattle Times
Electrified trains that can zip along at 200-250 mph with no worries of backups or bad roads — and none of the standard diesel engines — a potential climate-change dream and a consumer paradise.
From Washington Post
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