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diesel-electric Noun a locomotive with a diesel engine driving an electric generator
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1, a new regulation from the state Air Resources Board takes effect, requiring that ship operators use low-sulfur or other low-emitting diesel fuels for their auxiliary or diesel-electric engines, which are typically the engines used when ships are docked at port. The 18 new buses are diesel-electric hybrids, and they get 60 percent better fuel economy and provide up to a 90 percent reduction of certain emissions than the previous diesel buses. Electro-Motive markets, designs, sells, manufactures and services freight and passenger diesel-electric locomotives and diesel marine and power generation products. |
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