Hans Beckhoff, managing director and founder of Beckhoff Automation, was honored with the widely acclaimed 2025 Rudolf Diesel ...

Diesel engines have offered a fuel efficient alternative to gasoline powered engines for decades. So what was the first car ...

“Rudolf Diesel changed the course of WWI and his technology has powered the global economy to the present day,” explained Brunt. “The challenges he faced in his time as an inventor and a ...

1. Diesel vs. Gasoline In the 1890s, Rudolf Diesel's established competition were gasoline engines, which had 3:1 and 4:1 compression ratios.

Rudolf Diesel had retired to his cabin aboard the SS Dresden, travelling from Belgium across the English Channel. His nightclothes were laid out on his bed, but Diesel did not change into them.

Rudolf felt that the United States would prove to be his largest market. In fact, in 1897, the Busch-Zulzer Brothers Diesel Engine Company of St. Louis produced America's first diesel.