It has been touted as the automotive holy grail, the ultimate marriage of better performance and greater fuel economy. It's the direct-injection (DI) engine, the latest technology designed to squeeze ...

An engine that can run perfectly on any blend of alcohol or gasoline might sound a lot like a FlexFuel engine like those sold by mainstream American carmakers, but the Lotus Engineering Omnivore ...

Automobile engines have undergone tons of changes over the years, primarily to make them more efficient. For the most part though, engine changes result from a string of iterative improvements on ...

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 ...

Automakers have long touted the benefits of fuel injection, claiming increased efficiency and power. But as more cars have the system installed (around 73% in 2023), more and more consumers are ...

There's a new acronym floating around the performance industry—GDI—and it stands for gasoline direct injection. Among domestic production engines that have jumped heavily into the GDI segment are the ...

The power, fuel efficiency, and longevity of an engine will heavily depend on the fuel that’s being delivered. Furthermore, ...

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 ...

Gasoline direct injection has quickly become a must-have technology for automakers, who are preparing to meet the 35.5 mpg federal standard for the 2016 model year. In 2010, about 10 percent of light ...

While many of its rivals are offering direct injection technology on its engines in an effort to boost performance and fuel economy, Ford decided on skipping on the innovative technology for its ...