The automotive industry has largely depended on gasoline and diesel engines to power various vehicles for over a century. Between the two, diesel engines are more efficient due to several reasons, ...

In the early 1970s, Spanish inventor Arturo Estévez Varela introduced a pioneering engine powered by water — a concept that held the potential to revolutionize automotive technology. Despite its ...

In a world propelled by combustion engines, gas turbines and nuclear reactors, the steam engine may seem like a relic of the past. But without this game-changing invention, the modern world would be a ...

When an inventor has a unit of measurement named after him, it's clear his work had more than a small impact on scientific and industrial progress. So it was for James Watt, whose Watt engine is often ...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to provide manufacturers of motor vehicles, equipment, and machinery with an unconventional engine design with a number of positive attributes," ...

The engine that bears his name earned him a fortune in royalties, and the German engineer and inventor Rudolf Diesel was apparently doing well when he boarded a steamship from Belgium to England on ...

For more than a century, the Diesel engine has been the backbone of heavy industry. The internal combustion engine that ignites fuel by heating it up through compression powers everything from ...