Ferrari is exploring a groundbreaking approach to the internal combustion engine, as revealed by a recent European patent filing. Departing from the industry-standard round pistons, this new design ...

Reports of the death of the internal combustion engine have been greatly exaggerated. In the wake of stalled consumer demand and stubbornly high costs, automakers around the world are furiously ...

The Astron Aerospace H2 Starfire is a clean burning hydrogen and water powered internal combustion engine alternative to battery cell technology. There is very little parasitic power loss with the H2 ...

Automakers once bet big on bizarre ideas—from swirling airflows to variable compression—and the results were as fascinating as they were short-lived. Automotive engineers have invested countless ...

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 ...

It's been a long time since the automotive world has bothered with the mixing of oil and gas of the two-stroke combustion cycle — but soon, it may come time to rid ourselves of four-stroke engines, if ...

When electric vehicles started being a thing, not long ago, we all became convinced, some faster than others, that there is no future for the internal combustion engine in the auto industry. We were ...

Sports cars with V-10 and V-12 engines are in high demand. Walk into a Lamborghini dealership and brace yourself for the bad news. The wait time for the new Huracan STO supercar, a track weapon with a ...

Toyota, Subaru, and Mazda will join forces to develop next-generation internal combustion engines tailored for electrification, including hybrid and plug-in hybrid models, as part of their commitment ...

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. and its Japanese carmaking allies Mazda and Subaru are doubling down on the next generation of compact, clean and powerful engines they say will emerge as potent weapons in ...

If you want to see into the future of car making, the Formula One rulebook has often been a good place to start. Regulations that made seat belts and crumple zones mandatory in race cars soon led to ...