Sandia National Laboratory led by Sandia researcher Peter Van Blarigan that has been testing physical components of free-piston engines which could be 50% efficient. This is about twice as good as ...

We all know how a conventional internal combustion engine works, with a piston and a crankshaft. But that’s by no means the only way to make an engine, and one of the slightly more unusual ...

Dimpled pistons might sound strange, but some say they could be the future for diesel power. We've looked at the arguments ...

Remarkable innovations have been made to automotive technology since Karl Benz introduced the world to the "Motorwagen" in 1866 and Henry Ford gave rise to the American auto industry with the Model T ...

An opposed-piston engine packages two pistons in each cylinder and produces more power density than a conventional single-piston-per-cylinder engine.ACHATES POWER / TNS While Tesla, General Motors, ...

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