In case you missed it, the automotive industry has been on a steady trajectory of internal combustion engine (ICE) downsizing for years. Battery-powered electric vehicles may capture most of the ...

Depending on the type of electric motor setup, hybrids use several interesting ways to charge and recover battery power while driving to maximize efficiency.

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 ...

I can never resist a good oddball engine, and this one’s pedigree is impressive. See if you can bend your mind around it. Most of you reading this probably have at least a basic understanding of how ...

Despite gasoline and diesel fuels both being used for internal combustion, they're different enough that they require entirely different engines. You can't pull up to the pump in a diesel pickup and ...

Ford once sketched a road where an engine's pistons never saw oil and engines ran hotter on purpose. In a late‑1980s patent application filed and granted in Europe, the company described an "uncooled ...