Achates Power: the engine Aramco has been funding for 8 years This one I’ll tell you backwards, because the conclusion is stronger than the opening. When we published the Aramco DHE article a few weeks ago, we framed it as a new move. A brilliant move, but new. Aramco pulls a hybrid-purpose petrol engine out … Read more
Chinese engines: the war Europe didn’t want to see You’ve been told the same story for years. The petrol engine is dying. The future is electric. Internal combustion is the past. Repeated often enough that most people now believe it without checking. So let’s check. While Europe was busy closing engine plants and German manufacturers … Read more
Hot Vapor: The Engine a Mechanic With No Degree Built in 1984 Was the HCCI Mazda Spent 35 More Years Trying to Mass-Produce Daytona Beach, Florida. 1984. Behind the back door of the workshop Smokey Yunick called The Best Damn Garage in Town, a Pontiac Fiero sits up on jack stands. Under the engine cover … Read more
