Get ready for a wild engineering adventure! In this video, I’m combining two engines into one insane opposed-piston monster, creating the ultimate powerhouse project. Watch as I take on a dual engine ...

DETROIT — While Tesla, General Motors, Nissan, BMW and other automakers doggedly push to bring battery-powered vehicles into the mainstream, Achates Power engineers are betting that an old technology ...

DETROIT – While Tesla, General Motors, Nissan, BMW and other automakers doggedly push to bring battery-powered vehicles into the mainstream, Achates Power Inc. engineers are betting that an old ...

The opposed-piston engine has been around for over 100 years and is more efficient in almost every way. The engine has no traditional valves, cams, or camshafts, and no head, so it’s simpler and ...

Remarkable innovations have been made to automotive technology since Karl Benz introduced the world to the "Motorwagen" in 1866 and Henry Ford gave rise to the American auto industry with the Model T ...

1. EcoMotors is developing high-efficiency engines — specifically the unique opoc (Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder) engine — for use in cars, light trucks, marine applications, agricultural vehicles, ...

Moses Karomo is an enthusiastic automotive writer who can talk and write endlessly about cars. He has extensive automotive reporting experience, writing about all manner of automotive topics. He keeps ...

Horizontally-opposed engines are often referred to as "boxer" engines because the motion of the pistons sort of resembles a boxer, punching. Really, though, if any engine should be named for a boxer, ...

Designed in the U.S and tested in a Walmart delivery vehicle all summer long, this revolutionary opposed piston 3-cylinder seems set to prolong the life of ICEs. However, you won’t be seeing it inside ...

Achates Power and Aramco Services recently announced they will put a Ford F-150 on the road with a novel opposed piston engine under the hood, hoping to prove this exotic engine design is the future ...

It's fun to study crazy new engine configurations, and every year or so some inventor turns up at the Society of Automotive Engineers' annual hoe-down in Detroit with another idea for "a better ...