History of the diesel car featured an aluminium block, DOHC chain driven valvetrain, common rail direct injection and variable geometry turbocharger. In Spring 2005, Mercedes-Benz unveiled their first application of a mass-produced aluminum block diesel engine for passenger vehicles and commercial use. While aluminum is traditionally considered of inferior strength and temperature resistance to withstand diesel applications, Mercedes engineers made extensive use of CAD/CAM design to arrive at an aluminum block that would meet with Mercedes' testing and reliability standards. First use was in 2006 model-year vehicles in the E-Class sedan and ML-class and GL-class SUVs. Similar in weight () to the five-cylinder it replaced,
Diesel Locomotive Factory, Marhowra Diesel Locomotive Factory, Marhowra The Diesel Locomotive Factory, Marhaura is a joint venture of GE Global Sourcing India Pvt. Limited of the US with Indian Railways for the production of 1000 high-power freight locomotives over a period of 10 years designed to run on Indian railway tracks. The factory is currently under-construction. This factory will start manufacturing the locomotives from the third quarter of 2018. The first 40 locomotives will be imported, the rest will be manufactured in Marhowra. The company is also setting-up two maintenance depots at Gandhidham in Gujarat and Roza in Uttar Pradesh. During Sep 2013, the