Mazda has shifted towards the Skyactiv-Z inline-four engine, focusing on combustion perfection and future emissions ...

Jack Hubbell is a European based writer and automotive enthusiast who joined the HotCars team in 2024. Jack has been building cars and motorcycles since a young age and was a member of the SCCA from ...

China is developing a revolutionary air-breathing engine for next-generation fighter jets and hypersonic missiles. Designed to operate continuously from a stationary start-up to over Mach 6, the ...

Understanding a 2026 Formula 1 power unit is easier when you trace the journey energy takes from the moment fuel enters the system to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University turbine designs have been proven to accommodate transonic inlet speeds, first through detailed computational analyses and more recently in experimental ...

In an internal combustion engine, air and fuel are injected into the cylinders, where ignitions occur in a controlled environment. The combustion cycles force pistons to move, and that movement is ...

In order for any internal combustion engine to function properly, you need three basic things: air, fuel, and spark. Air mixes with the fuel, providing an explosive catalyst. The engine compresses the ...

You may have heard your car has a four-stroke engine, but you're not sure what that means. Why are there four? And what is a stroke, anyway? A modern gas engine most commonly uses pistons and a ...

A computational study has been performed to evaluate the use of jet impingement for cooling applications in the automotive industry. The current study uses an entire internal combustion engine ...