The internal combustion gasoline engine -- we have a love/hate relationship with it. It creates a lot of pollution. It is incredibly inefficient. It spews carbon into the atmosphere. It makes us ...

Isuzu Motors (Japan) announced Friday that it is partnering with Canadian company Westport Innovations to develop engines using Westport’s Compressed Natural Gas Direct Injection (CNG-DI) technology.

Improving fuel efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions as much as possible is one of the main tasks for the struggling American automaker General Motors who is currently facing a 60-day deadline to ...

Trying to think green when buying a car? Whether your new fuel-efficient engine helps or hurts the warming planet depends on where you live and what you're putting in the tank. New cars aim to deliver ...

Better fuel economy and lower emissions from gasoline direct-injection engines are getting closer. Most European automakers are preparing GDI engines for introduction in the next few years, starting ...

Westport Innovations Inc. on Tuesday announced a second-generation high-pressure direct-injection natural gas system usable on original equipment manufacturers’ diesels. It replaces the dual-fuel ...

Delivery of pre-production units moves natural gas direct injection system technology one step closer to commercialization for the heavy-duty truck aftermarket. Quantum Fuel Systems recently delivered ...

Even today, in a time when electric power is beginning to take a major hold, internal combustion engines (ICE) are the driving forces of our world. They probably won't be that for long, though, so ...

As we entered into 2014, the industry was abuzz with the acronym “GDI,” otherwise known as Gasoline Direct Injection. The “gasoline” distinction is significant because direct injection has existed in ...

Ricardo, Inc. is a leading independent provider of engineering technology for several industries including military, automotive and power generation. Presenting at the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 ...

For years, Toyota Motor Corp. has put hybrids at the center of its powertrain-technology strategy, all but oblivious to the rapid fuel-economy advancements rivals have made in the humble gasoline ...