The first recognizable internal combustion engine was developed by Nikolaus Otto in 1861. Since then, the gasoline-powered engine has evolved immensely. However, the principles that underlie how ...

Some of the world’s most complicated engines were created to achieve a specific objective. These engines were built to ...

One of the many challenges facing engine designers is the need to increase power output while simultaneously retaining or improving efficiency. Although a four-cylinder engine is still an engineering ...

Navistar International Corporation today announced it has reached a development agreement with EcoMotors International in support of the company’s opoc (Opposed-Piston, Opposed-Cylinder) engine ...

DETROIT – While Tesla, General Motors, Nissan, BMW and other automakers doggedly push to bring battery-powered vehicles into the mainstream, Achates Power Inc. engineers are betting that an old ...

Formula 1 has always been a sport where the rulebook is treated less like a […] ...

Science isn’t fun if we don’t try to break or bend its limits, but sometimes this rebellion doesn’t work. For instance, we don’t make triangular wheels, perforated windshields, or lead pistons for ...

H2 economy is set back by Trump policies, tariffs and funding pivot to defense and AI, but composite tanks remain a key segment with sales in CNG/RNG, growth in New Space and potential for H2-electric ...

V-shaped engines like the V6 and V8 power lots of cars, but you probably never think about what, exactly, that V angle is. That's okay. Automotive engineers do.

Since Michigan has a stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus, I've been partaking in what I am now officially dubbing Wrenchfest 2020—an all-out repair assault on my various broken cars. Last ...