Yes, car engines can be diesel or gas. Some models of cars are available with either type.
Gas is more widespread but there are a few VW cars run on diesel. You can't hear them much but they do have diesel vehicles available.
Mazda cars require gas for their engines, not diesel. They also have hybrid vehicles, which run on both electricity and gas, but not diesel.
Basically, by an engine fueled with gas or diesel. But nowadays electric engines are beginning to be produced for the public.
Providing the voltages are the same and the amperage is sufficient they are interchangeable.
No you can not use gas engine oil in diesel engine oil because processing of diesel engine is different from gas engine oil. If you use this then it damage your vehicles.
The advantage is that electric cars don't pollute and doesn't use fuel (gas, diesel, etc). But the thing is it can't go the distance of a gas engine or a hybrid.
No, diesel engine require diesel fuel. Put petrol in a diesel engine and you will destroy it.
Petroleum Spirit(Petrol), otherwise known as Gasoline(Gas). With a different engine construction cars can also run on Diesel fuel, like commercial vehicles. Petrol/Gas gives the engine smooth ride, low noise, and acceleration. Diesel gives the engine higher noise level, (diesel rattle), and low acceleration, but diesel engines will 'slog' all day long, 'up hill and down dale'.
He invented the diesel engine that would lead to cars, trucks, and powerd boats.
Diesel cars are better for the environment because it uses another natural resource instead of gas to run the car. With gas running out in the world, diesel is the next thing to go.
Diesel cars are great if you want to spent less on gas. The best diesel cars of 2013 are going to be the Porsche Cayenne Diesel, Volkswagen Beetle Convertible and Volkswagen Beetle.
Rudolph Diesel invented the diesel engine which uses diesel gas.
Diesel cars do tend to cost more in general than gasoline engine cars. The claim on this is that it is more expensive to create and manufacture these vehicles, and due the fact that diesel vehicles are more fuel efficient.