The automotive industry continues to be a hotbed of innovation, with activity driven by factors such as auto-ignition properties of the fuel, fuel concentration, and residual rate, and growing ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 113, Section 3: JOURNAL OF ENGINES (2004), pp. 1287-1297 (11 pages) While Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) is a promising combustion mode with significant ...

The differences between gasoline and diesel engines lie not only in their fuels, but in how those fuels are ignited. Gasoline engines use spark plugs, while diesels simply use compression. But it is ...

A homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) gasoline engine has been something of a holy grail for internal combustion engineers for decades, promising the fuel economy of diesel engines but ...

General Motors Corp. today unveiled a new engine it that it says will increase fuel economy by 15 percent by burning gasoline the same way a diesel engine burns fuel. GM calls the innovation ...

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...