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Rudolph diesel received the first patent
On this date rudolph received the first paptent for the compression engine -
the first turbo charger
The first diesel turbo charger was made. the turbo charger made the engines make more power and consume less fuel -
injectors
in 1908 the first injectors were introduced which percisionly inujected fuel into the motor -
submarines
The US navy began using submarines with diesel engines -
Cummins engine
Clessie Cummins builds the first cummins diesel engine -
commercial diesel trucks
the first diesel commercial trucks begin being produced -
1930 catepiller
catepillar comes out with a diesel engine now a rival to cummins -
mercedes benz
360d passenger car was built with diesel engine -
FIA record
In 2002 gal banks broke the truck land speed record witha diesel powered dodge dakota cummins a 222 mph on the booneville salt flats -
1960
Diesel engines replaces coal and steam drive engines entirely by this time including gas powered tractors -
diesels of today
The diesel engine continues to make strides forward everyday, they become more efficent and make more power at the same time. diesel will be the fuel of the future for the everyday car if it continues to become more advanced at the rate it is going at
