About a year ago, I visited BMW's Group Plant Munich to get a preview of the German automaker's ambitious plans for solid-state batteries, the concept car behind the Neue Klasse electric reboot and ...

NOTE: With this issue of HOT ROD, your Shop Series begins a slightly different and more comprehensive approach to the discussion of engine and vehicle basics. In the coming months, you'll find a frank ...

The 2035 ban on the sale of internal-combustion vehicles in Europe is still in effect, despite an exception made for e-fuels, a move pushed by Germany. Environmentalists would like to see the date for ...

The story of automotive innovation is often marked by engines that defined their era, yet some have proven to be remarkably ...

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 ...

People who love cars think that an engine is more than a bunch of metal pieces under the hood. The engine is what makes a car come alive it gives the car its personality. It is why a lot of people ...

Converting the ignition of a fuel-air mixture into usable mechanical energy lies at the core of a dizzying number of internal combustion engines developed over the course of more than century.

A better mousetrap? Even now, as electrification seems poised to end the internal combustion engine’s long run as the transportation motivator of choice, enterprising tinkerers continue to propose ...

Reports of the death of the internal combustion engine have been exaggerated. Electric vehicles were once poised to diminish the ubiquity of traditional engines, but automakers are booking huge losses ...

During a seminar focused on hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines (H2 ICE), Volvo, Bosch, Cummins, and Cespira executives highlighted the work their companies are doing to advance H2 ICE ...