If you think direct-injection diesel engines made their debut in the 1980's, think again. The first diesel without extra ...

There are plenty of advantages to diesel engines: High fuel efficiency, low CO2 emissions, and in modern turbocharged applications, plenty of easy-to-access torque and power. However, they aren't ...

There are numerous differences between diesel and gas engines, including the number of fuel filters each uses. Here's why ...

The big news at Mazda is a new family of direct-injection gasoline and diesel engines that will start to arrive in 2011. Mazda will make significant changes to vehicle platforms to accommodate the Sky ...

Automotive engineers are very good at incremental improvements to existing technologies, and that skill will be much tested in meeting increasingly stiff fuel-economy rules between now and 2025. For ...

Fuel injection dynamics underpin the performance, efficiency and emissions profile of modern diesel engines. Central to this process is the controlled delivery of liquid fuel under high pressure into ...

The formation of soot during the first phase and the oxidation of soot during the later phase of the combustion in a direct-injection diesel engine have been investigated in detail by an extinction ...

Combustion optimisation in direct injection (DI) diesel engines seeks to enhance fuel–air mixing, improve thermal efficiency and mitigate pollutant formation within increasingly stringent ...

The 6.7L Cummins inline-six diesel has powered pickup trucks for 30+ years, evolving from 5.9L origins to today's 430hp Ram ...

GM Powertrain announced today it will deliver a 3.6-liter V-6 gasoline engine with direct injection and variable valve timing (VVT) technologies in the 2008 model year. A vehicle application will be ...