Spark plugs can only ignite the fuel at one end of the chamber. A laser ignites the fuel in the middle of the chamber instead, burning more of the fuel and improving combustion efficiency by 27 per ...

Laser ignition is the future? Japanese automakers have been searching for a new fuel for decades now. Hydrogen and electric powertrains are the most famous, but sometimes the best thing a manufacturer ...

Mazda is fully committed to rotary engines and the design team proved it when they started working on laser ignition technology for its 16X model. The next generation of Mazda powertrains is expected ...

Internal combustion engines are likely to remain in widespread use for some time yet, but it's possible that we may be bidding adieu to that most iconic of engine parts, the spark plug. Researchers ...

A new patent filing from Mazda suggests that the company is working to replace the spark plugs in its engines with lasers. The Japanese automaker has filed a patent with the World Intellectual ...

As the automotive industry embraces the electric revolution, one automaker stands firm in its commitment to an engine type that has long been considered a relic of the past: the rotary engine. But now ...

Laser-induced ignition exploits focused laser energy to create a plasma or hot kernel that initiates combustion, replacing conventional electrical spark plugs. By depositing energy within microseconds ...

Fitting a gasoline-powered car engine with frikkin’ laser spark plugs may seem like one sci-fi step too far, but since it improves the combustion and cleans-up the exhaust, it may be the gas engine’s ...

A new generation of high-energy (>kJ) petawatt (HEPW) lasers is being constructed worldwide to study high intensity laser matter interactions, including fast ignition. A new generation of high-energy ...

Fitting a gasoline-powered car engine with frikkin’ laser spark plugs may seem like one sci-fi step too far, but since it improves the combustion and cleans-up the exhaust, it may be the gas engine’s ...