Electric vehicles are getting a huge amount of attention these days because of their energy efficiency and low emissions. But there's another emerging technology out there that makes the same claims: Would you believe... diesel? As Rex Moore reports in this video from the Washington Auto Show, today's clean diesel cars are a far cry from the noisy and smelly vehicles of a few years ago, and they're a fast-growing segment in the U.S. auto market.

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