Free-piston engine generators and linear machines represent an innovative departure from conventional rotary systems, offering high thermal efficiency and operational flexibility by eliminating the ...

There is probably no better chronicler into the full depth of American ingenuity than YouTube. Here one finds not just computer models for all manner of esoteric combustion engine designs, but actual ...

As we move toward battery and hydrogen cell breakthroughs that could wean us off our addiction to oil, here’s at least one engine design from yesteryear that ought to be examined a bit more. The ...

Moses Karomo is an enthusiastic automotive writer who can talk and write endlessly about cars. He has extensive automotive reporting experience, writing about all manner of automotive topics. He keeps ...

Two-Stroke Opposed-Piston Diesel Engine By Achates Power The Achates Power opposed-piston engine is packed full of unique technology. The supercharged, turbocharged, diesel 3 cylinder makes use of six ...

A novel but not new kind of engine is figuring more and more often in engineering literature and bull sessions. Last week the Cleveland Diesel Engine Division of General Motors Corp. gave details ...

From General Motors Corp.’s research shops last week came a torpedo-shaped car with a revolutionary new engine. Called the XP-50O, the car is powered by a 250-h.p. “free-piston” engine that many ...