How come diesel fuel enables the car to drive further than regular gasoline would?

Question

How come diesel fuel enables the car to drive further than regular gasoline would?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

In short, diesel provides more efficient burning. What that means is that diesel has a bigger energetic potential, thus requiring a smaller amount of it to produce the same amount of horsepower and torque a gasoline engine would.
If you need less fuel to produce the same numbers, you save a lot and can drive much further.