Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...

A diesel engine is simultaneously incredibly simple and incredibly violent, using compression as a means of ignition. This is because of the properties of diesel fuel: Namely, diesel is less volatile ...

The NASA team developing the X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet have fired up the aircraft’s GE Aviation F414-GE-100 powerplant for the first time, having started engine-run tests on 30 October. The ...

Diesel engines are torquey and efficient powerhouses capable of outlasting a comparable gas engine. But despite their robust build quality and beefier internals, there are things to avoid if you have ...

We all know diesel engines produce Earth-moving torque to outclass gas engines in pulling power and heavy-duty workloads. We also know that diesels could outlive a similar gas engine, given proper ...

Toyota, the world's largest automaker by volume, has recently unveiled a new compact engine compatible to run on carbon-neutral fuels. As most carmakers double down on electric cars, Toyota is working ...

That on-the-fly adjustment is why demonstrations of the RevForce engine show it running on compressed natural gas, switching on the fly to burning hydrogen, and on to other fuels. Alpha-Otto has ...

BERLIN/LONDON, Aug. 1 (Reuters) - Some of the world's biggest truckmakers, including Volvo and MAN, are reworking combustion engines to run on low-emission hydrogen instead of polluting diesel, a ...

If you watched the MythBusters drive an old Mercedes diesel fueled with used cooking oil, you probably wondered why we don't do that all the time with all diesels. After all, Cummins B-series are the ...

Toyota 7203-0.10%decrease; red down pointing triangle Motor plans to develop new, smaller engines that can run on carbon-neutral fuels, the latest move by the world’s largest carmaker to navigate the ...