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THE INNOVATORS

First production turbodiesel

Mercedes-Benz 300SD

1978

When Rudolph Diesel developed his eponymous engine in the 1890s, its weight and displacement limited its application to large vehicles such as ships and submarines. Only in 1908 when companies

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