“Transonic” Engine – New Injection System, No Ignition System
Transonic Combustion, a start-up company is developing a more efficient ICE technology that could lead to further increases in efficiency.
The gasoline-powered internal combustion engine ...
Rotating Detonation Engines Could Replace Turbines in US Navy
The gas-turbine engine, or jet engine, isn't only found on jets, but in other applications as well. The US Navy doesn't only use turbines...
LiquidPiston’s Prototype Proves ICE Technology Can Save Gas
The typical internal-combustion engine is no more than 30% thermodynamically efficient, that is, only about 30% of the energy in the fuel actually...
BMW Offers a Three-Cylinder in its Latest Hybrid Active Tourer Concept
The BMW Active Tourer Concept vehicle is a hybrid vehicle, with a twist. Instead of the hybrid drive-train being mated with an inline four-cylinder...
General Motors’ 100 mpg Car – The Platinum Anniversary That Could Have Been
In 1992, I built my first PC, the same year Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Works hit the market. Bill Clinton became President of the...
New Ultra-Efficient Engine Promises 100 MPG
Today's internal combustion engines are almost nothing like the engines found in cars of years gone by, with the exception of the basic...
Honda to Revive 40 Year-Old CVCC Engine as a Hybrid Version
Once the main innovator in the field of motoring, Honda is now hoping to catch up with fuel efficiency measures from all over the...
European Union to Implement Drastic Carbon Dioxide Reductions by 2020
There will be drastic reductions in CO2 emissions for new cars and light commercial vehicles by 2020. The European Commission reported this news as...
Obama’s Proposal to Raise Fuel Economy Creates 570,000 U.S. Jobs
The Obama Administration's recent proposal to reduce fuel use is expected to create 570,000 jobs in the U.S. by 2030. Of this figure, 50,000...
Mazda to Use Its Efficient Rotary Engine as Hydrogen-Powered Range Extender in Future EVs
Recent news spread by Mazda President Takahashi Yamanouchi (to Nikkei) say that the company will use their innovative and unique rotary engine to act...
