NOTE: With this issue of HOT ROD, your Shop Series begins a slightly different and more comprehensive approach to the discussion of engine and vehicle basics. In the coming months, you'll find a frank ...

Basic engine education is much like basic sex education: There are hundreds of well-written, informative books on the subject but only a handful of the interested people are willing to expend the time ...

In case you missed it, the automotive industry has been on a steady trajectory of internal combustion engine (ICE) downsizing for years. Battery-powered electric vehicles may capture most of the ...

We all know how a conventional internal combustion engine works, with a piston and a crankshaft. But that’s by no means the only way to make an engine, and one of the slightly more unusual ...

Soon after the internal combustion engine was invented, technological advancements steadily improved its efficiency and boosted its power output. Increasing displacement—or, in simpler terms, ...

This is everything you need to know about EREVs, or extended range electric vehicles. They combine the efficiency and smoothness of an electric motor and the reliability and added range of an internal ...

It would have been revolutionary: an internal combustion engine without oil. And it might have worked. But lots of real-world ...

) is a type of hybrid car that combines a traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) with an electric motor and a large rechargeable battery. The unique feature of a PHEV is its ability to be ...