The automobile world is at a very crucial point in terms of powertrain development. The first ever internal combustion engine automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, was created in 1886 by Karl Benz.

17 December 2004 – A highly innovative new design of internal combustion engine has secured a £75 000 ($145 000) grant from the UK’s Department of Trade and Industry. The funding will enable ...

A year ago, Herakles (Safran) achieved a world first in commercial aircraft design when it developed an engine fitted with an exit cone made from ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), new variants of ...

Remember when having a turbo-four engine was a luxury? Not anymore! Turbo four-cylinder engines are now ubiquitous, even though value-focused brands like Toyota and Honda had once long steered away ...

HELSINKI — Chinese launch firm Space Circling has secured more than 100 million yuan ($13.9 million) in funding to back its work on innovative engines to power commercial space activities. Space ...

Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. (NYSE: GY) company, recently completed developmental testing of an innovative cryogenic oxygen/methane Reaction Control Engine (RCE) critical to ongoing lunar lander ...

Advanced Innovative Engineering (AIE) has unveiled the 40ACS, an air-cooled Wankel rotary engine designed using additive manufacturing techniques. This compact engine delivers 5 BHP (3.7 kW) and ...

Nissan's innovative variable compression engines were a fascinating innovation when they were first revealed, but the jury is still out on whether or not the combustion technology will stick around. A ...

The development of a new turboelectric jet engine is set to transform air travel by enabling affordable supersonic flights, potentially cutting travel time from San Francisco to Tokyo to just three ...

Honda's engines have a hard-earned reputation for being reliable, efficient, and often very tunable. However, in stock form at least, they're usually not as powerful as their European or American ...