Ford once sketched a road where an engine's pistons never saw oil and engines ran hotter on purpose. In a late‑1980s patent application filed and granted in Europe, the company described an "uncooled ...

Mercedes-Benz AG's chief executive officer finally admitted that Merc was too ambitious with its electrification strategy. To make a long story short, the Stuttgart-based automaker originally intended ...

Any certified gearhead knows that diesel engines do not use spark plugs. But why not? If power in an engine is created by combustion or explosion of flammable liquids, won't a spark plug in a diesel ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a professor at Cal State LA and the technical director for the Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility. We go for better ...

While electric cars are good for the environment, they’re known to be pretty good for your wallet too. For one, you don’t have to buy petrol or diesel, and because they have fewer moving parts than a ...