It all started with the steam engine, which traces its roots back to the first century AD; then, at the dawn of the 18th century, technical advancements gave birth to the internal combustion engines.

The majority of modern cars run on a combustion engine, patented way back in 1876. Here are the different types of combustion engines and how each one works.

While there’s been a number of cars launched into space – a couple human-driven ones on the moon, a bunch of robotic ones on Mars, for example – no internal-combustion piston engine has ever ...

In 1886, Karl Benz started the first commercial production of motor vehicles with an internal combustion engine, installed in the three-wheeled Motorwagen. Although various scientists, inventors, and ...

Diesel engines have offered a fuel efficient alternative to gasoline powered engines for decades. So what was the first car with a diesel powerplant?

Reports of the demise of the internal combustion engine has been greatly exaggerated. Here's why.

Gas stations, tailpipes, and internal combustion engines will soon be ushered out. Could synthetic fuels ever possibly turn the tide?

The V8 engine is among these staples, with a handful of such engines standing out as the most powerful ever made. Of course, they and all others wouldn't have become so known without the first, and ...

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Propulsion made an historic first with its experiment in a gas turbine combustor using X-rays. The data will help advance ...

The internal combustion engine was first created in 1859 and found its first usage mostly in stationary industrial applications.

The Rover Jet1 was the first car ever built with a turbine engine and while it had it's advantages, there were also flaws that came with it.

A skunkworks team of automakers, truck manufacturers, and motorcycle builders are working to save the internal combustion engine. The key? Hydrogen, they say.