Some benefits of re-engining programs are due to the fact that newer engine models typically embody more advanced technologies and design and manufacturing processes than were available for the ...

You might have heard about high compression ratios, but what exactly are they, and what kind of effect do they have on an ...

As fast as electric cars are improving and expanding, there are some things that gas engines do better—many experts agree that gasoline engines will be around for several decades. Developing electric ...

Every little bit of efficiency a fleet can squeeze out of engines can go a long way in maintaining a healthy profit margin. Even for fleets that spec the latest in aero kits, low rolling resistant ...

The engine in your car right now is terrible at its job. The concept of adiabatic is as old as automotive engineering (BTW it’s pronounced “aid-ee-a-bad-ik”), and simply means a system where heat ...

The latest concept is a small four-cylinder running on synthetic fuel that can achieve 71 mpg in an EREV platform.

At the end of May, the final meeting of the "Horizon 2020" project "GasOn" with the EU Commission took place in Brussels. The aim of this EU project was the further development of gas engines for cars ...

Car engines that rely on gasoline direct injection (GDI) are more efficient than traditional engines, and are set to make up more than half of the U.S. passenger fleet by 2020. Yet despite their fuel ...

As downsizing has emerged as one of the best ways to meet tightening emissions rules, Ford has dived in headlong with its range of EcoBoost engines. The small turbo engines feature in everything from ...

This has been discussed before on Ars, such as at https://arstechnica.com/civis/threa...ost-efficient-heat-pump-in-the-world.1501605/, and https://arstechnica.com ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

of operation and age of the engine, the in-flight shutdown rate and depot cost are expected to increase even faster (Figure 4-4). There are serious issues other than fuel efficiency that need to be ...