Even if you don't plan on ever owning a car with a diesel engine, you may still want to know how they compare to gas engines ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 96, Section 4: RECIPROCATING ENGINES–SPARK IGNITION AND DIESEL (1987), pp. 614-623 (10 pages) A single-cylinder, variable–compression ratio, direct–injection diesel engine was ...

Diesel’s on the outs in Europe, and EVs aren’t ready for prime time. Skyactiv-X seems, at this juncture, a hedge bet against both aspects. EV infrastructure lags massively behind our petroleum ...

November 28: At this week's L.A. Auto Show, Mazda unveiled the newly redesigned 2019 Mazda 3, which is available as a sedan or as a neat-looking hatchback. More importantly, the car will feature Mazda ...

In 1673, Christian Huygens invented the first engine. It was designed to pump water from the Seine River to King Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles. Built with an open combustion chamber, it consumed ...

A fundamental difference between gasoline and diesel engines is that a gasoline engine uses spark ignition while a diesel engine uses compression ignition. Before we delve deeper, let's understand how ...

Mazda's powertrain team has brewed up a fancy new engine that, like a diesel, uses compression to activate the combustion process. In a press release on the new tech, Mazda tells us just how ...

Mazda is first with plans for a compression (diesel) engine that burns gas. The SkyActiv-X 2019 Mazda will get 20 to 30 percent better fuel economy than a gasoline ignition engine. Share on Facebook ...

The goal of Hyundai's engine technology, which the company calls Gasoline Direct Injection Compression Ignition (GDCI), is to return the fuel economy of a diesel but with the higher performance, ...