The internal combustion engine, for all its mechanical sophistication, still runs on a 19th-century mechanical idea: pistons ...

Gasoline direct injection, or GDI, is one of the most crucial bits of technology in the modern internal combustion engine. In engines equipped with GDI, highly pressurized gasoline is sprayed directly ...

Some agree that batteries are the clear winner in the race against hydrogen technologies, while others think the opposite. There's no such debate among internal combustion engine proponents. Almost ...

Developments by the automotive, motorcycle, and trucking industries might just save your V-8s and more. Tesla Semi updates and autonomous trucks might have garnered headlines at this year’s Advanced ...

Here are some of the technologies that are extending the life of the internal combustion engine by making it more efficient. Displacement on demand: Shuts down unneeded cylinders once a vehicle ...

Despite its critics and moves toward electrification, the internal combustion engine is not yet dead. Though its design for passenger vehicles may have begun to reach its apex with Mazda’s Skyactiv ...

With all the recent emphasis on electric vehicles, we often overlook the technology that still powers most cars on the road today. The internal combustion engine (ICE) has been at the heart of the ...

Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...

Westport Fuel Systems recently unveiled its H 2 HPDI fuel system in a demonstrator truck. Westport’s HPDI fuel system technology enables heavy-duty trucks to operate on bio-methane (renewable natural ...

Over the past few years, truck and engine makers have generated a lot of buzz around developing zero-emission drivetrains to help meet climate and sustainability goals. Traditional OEMs and tech start ...