Researchers in Iran have found that wavy copper cooling tubes can improve the electrical and thermal efficiency of ...

Diesel engines have been around since the late 19th century, which was around the time Karl Benz built the world's first automobile. Diesel engines have higher compression ratios than gas engines and ...

Many automakers are on a mission to make their internal combustion engines better at turning fuel into energy. Friday, Nissan says that it reached a breakthrough to reach 50 percent thermal efficiency ...

China is going gaga over vehicles it calls EREVs (for Extended Range EVs) that combine the best of the electric vehicle and ICE powertrains with breathtaking total range numbers. This trend has ...

Thermal Energy International Inc. (TSXV: TMG) (OTCQB: TMGEF) (FSE: EUW) ("Thermal Energy" or the "Company"), a provider of ...

Nissan claims to have made a major efficiency breakthrough in efficiency for an internal-combustion in its e-Power hybrid system. The automaker announced Friday that it had reached 50% thermal ...

Nissan isn't giving up on the internal combustion engine just yet and has confirmed it can create an engine with a thermal efficiency of 50 per cent. A typical production engine has a thermal ...

When the technologies developed under the SuperTruck I (shown) initiative hit the market, they are projected to reduce CO2 emissions by 33% from the 2009 baseline. SuperTruck II demonstrates a further ...

A global research team has developed a parabolic trough linear concentrating photovoltaic-thermal system to produce heat and electricity, for both residential and large-scale applications. The PV unit ...

Basic thermodynamic laws tell us that, no matter what its design, in every electric motor some of the input electrical power is undoubtedly lost (via heat) as it is converted to output moving power.