Back when we posted about GM's efforts to send a vehicle back to the moon utilizing some of the same electric powertrain technology as the Hummer EV, a user on our Facebook page stated that this made ...

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 ...

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 ...

Both gasoline-burning engines and diesel engines produce power through a process of internal combustion. However, the latter are usually larger, louder, and often dirtier. While many people may not ...

The original concept of combustion engines as we understand them dates as far back as the late 1800s. And while they are more or less a solved science today, they definitely didn't start that way.

Rotary engines differ from conventional ones in many respects — and one of them is the fact that they use two different spark ...

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 ...

Several days into it, the ongoing auto show in Shanghai, China, continues to capture the attention of the automotive world. The time that has passed since the event opened its doors allowed us to go ...