While pre-chamber ignition has been around since the early 1900s, Honda brought it into the mainstream in 1975 with its ...

Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has observed a test of a high-thrust, solid-fuel engine. The Korean Central News Agency ...

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...

Toyota just turned a school-run staple into an all-electric road-trip machine.

When comparing engine specs for nearly any combustion engine automobile, we see a number of variations available with differing outputs of horsepower and torque. We often have a choice of gasoline or ...

We're not going to get into the whole "who made the first car" argument today. But there's not much doubt that the overall history of self-propelled vehicles goes back well beyond the Mercedes Patent ...

Despite its critics and moves toward electrification, the internal combustion engine is not yet dead. Though its design for passenger vehicles may have begun to reach its apex with Mazda’s Skyactiv ...

It started in 2023. General Motors (GM) announced that it was investing nearly $900 million in the development of the next-generation small-block V8 engine to power its large pickup and SUV models, ...

Learning how to build and understand a mini engine is an exciting journey for anyone interested in mechanics. A mini engine, despite its small size, works on the same principles as larger engines. By ...

The rise to power of electrified powertrains had some believe, for a short while, that internal combustion engines (ICE) were done. To some extent, meaning the medium-term evolution of the automotive ...