The vast majority of vehicles are powered by what's known as an internal combustion engine. It's a concept that's been around for a long time but a Belgian engineer, called Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir, ...

In previous installments of our Basic Tech Series, we have discussed the harsh environments that the core components of an internal combustion engine must endure. We have explored connecting rods and ...

We all know how a conventional internal combustion engine works, with a piston and a crankshaft. But that’s by no means the only way to make an engine, and one of the slightly more unusual ...

A piston is anything but a slug. It's asked to withstand the cylinder pressures generated by 200,000,000 power strokes (in its 100,000-mile lifetime), slide in bores with a minimal amount of ...

Just about every piston engine is defined by two basic measurements: bore and stroke. Bore is the diameter of the cylinder. Stroke is the distance the piston travels from bottom dead center to top ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Automotive engineers are concerned with weight-to-power ratios when designing vehicles. While light-weighting is a ...

It is possible to speak about many unbelievable inventions in the field of automotive innovation; nonetheless, the hydrogen-opposed piston engine is beyond words. Developed in partnership with Achates ...