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 ...

The electric vehicle revolution gets all the headlines, and perhaps for good reason. What nobody mentions is that the global internal combustion engine market was valued at around $280 billion in 2024 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Global sales of gasoline and diesel vehicles peaked in 2017, with nearly all subsequent growth in personal transport captured by electric vehicles. EV adoption is increasingly driven by economics and ...

From heavy-duty trucks and agricultural machinery to shipping fleets, aviation, and power generation, internal combustion engines STILL remain indispensable to both global infrastructure and mobility.

Building an engine to save the combustion engine's sound doesn't necessarily mean you have to use gasoline to fuel it.

Automotive engineers have invested countless billions trying to improve upon the humble internal combustion engine, but not all those efforts have translated well. In fact, sometimes, things got weird ...

Combustion efficiency and emission control in internal combustion engines lie at the heart of efforts to reconcile performance, fuel economy and environmental impact. Optimising the conversion of ...

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 ...

Internal combustion engines remain dominant in land transport and off‐grid power generation, but their reliance on petrol and diesel contributes significantly to global CO₂ and pollutant emissions.

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...