Modern engines face high failure rates, prompting massive recalls from major automakers. Downsizing, turbochargers, and thin ...

Delphi is developing an engine fuel injection technology that could improve the fuel economy of gas-powered cars by 50 percent, potentially rivalling the performance of hybrid vehicles at less cost.

Hybrid engines aren't the only way to improve fuel efficiency. Scuderi Group unveiled a cutaway of its Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine prototype at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2009 World ...

Getting from A to B by most means of transport is polluting; incomplete combustion of fuels releases soot and unburned fuel into the atmosphere, along with greenhouse gases such as carbon monoxide and ...

A new fuel-blending method appears to make diesel engines cleaner and more efficient at the same time. Early results point to ...

February 6, 2009 Automotive technology specialist Ricardo has revealed the development of technology that optimizes ethanol-fuelled engines to a level of performance that exceeds gasoline engine ...

With its "Flightpath 2050" strategy, the European Commission has outlined a framework for the aviation industry that aims to ...

One famous limit of thermodynamics is that heat engines, like steam engines and internal combustion engines, must be less efficient than a Carnot heat engine (a heat engine cycle designed by French ...

Modern engines deliver more power from less metal, sip less fuel, and meet emissions rules that would have seemed impossible ...

With less regulatory pressure, engines don’t have to get cleaner or more efficient, yet GM CEO Mary Barra insists the company ...