Opposed-piston engine technology has been touted as a possible alternative to conventional engine designs for years. Now, opposed-piston engine developer Achates Power reports that its 10.6L ...

The newly formed organization will host a series of meetings of its members to exchange research results, insights and ideas regarding opposed-piston engines with hydrogen combustion. Several ...

Achates Power of San Diego has developed a two-stroke truck diesel that has two crankshafts linked to two opposed pistons facing each other in a common cylinder. The biggest advantage of this design ...

Can gasoline-powered vehicles be climate friendly? One company is using an old engine featuring opposed pistons to reduce fuel use. The Nazis put a similar engine in airplanes. One of the puzzles ...

Some of the world’s most complicated engines were created to achieve a specific objective. These engines were built to satisfy monster power requirements or to hit a high level of performance within ...

As automakers scramble to develop more efficient engines to meet increasingly tight fuel economy regulations, one company is claiming its new technology will change the auto industry. “[Our] engine ...

The opposed-piston engine has been around for over 100 years and is more efficient in almost every way. The engine has no traditional valves, cams, or camshafts, and no head, so it’s simpler and ...

Ferrari continues to explore hydrogen-powered drivetrain solutions, patent documents discovered by AutoGuide.com indicate Ferrari is looking at a two-stroke 3- or 6-cylinder opposed piston engine ...

Although there is a lot of focus these days on alternative power systems such as batteries and fuel cells, internal combustion engines will continue to play an important role in heavy-duty ...

Motor vehicle engine design has remained fairly standard throughout the history of the technology, although things have evolved quite a bit from the T-4 engine that powered Henry Ford's pioneering ...

Bore and Stroke: 127 mm (5 in.) x 102 mm (4 in.) Once the largest independent manufacturer of automotive engines, Detroit’s Continental Motors Corporation purchased the rights to a single-sleeve valve ...