NOTE: With this issue of HOT ROD, your Shop Series begins a slightly different and more comprehensive approach to the discussion of engine and vehicle basics. In the coming months, you'll find a frank ...

A four-stroke engine is a magnificent thing. A complex machine capable of turning flammable liquid into useful work, it has dominated the automotive world for the best part of a century. Now, thanks ...

The original concept of combustion engines as we understand them dates as far back as the late 1800s. And while they are more or less a solved science today, they definitely didn't start that way.

Electric vehicles are taking the world by storm and the internal combustion engine’s fate looks sealed, but there’s still life in the old gas-burning power plant. At least that’s what Astreon ...

Because internal combustion engines operate under such high pressures, it's tough to get their inner workings on camera. Usually the whole process is shrouded by thick metals to contain all of that ...

In most automobiles, heat is inevitable. That's because an internal combustion engine (ICE) powers most vehicles. In an ICE, fuel burns to create power, and the process releases heat. A lot of heat.

Back when we posted about GM's efforts to send a vehicle back to the moon utilizing some of the same electric powertrain technology as the Hummer EV, a user on our Facebook page stated that this made ...

Some agree that batteries are the clear winner in the race against hydrogen technologies, while others think the opposite. There's no such debate among internal combustion engine proponents. Almost ...