Fluorite is a ‘console-grade’ graphics engine that can perform well on embedded hardware like the chips in your car. Fluorite is a ‘console-grade’ graphics engine that can perform well on embedded ...

Being more efficient and more powerful than chemical rockets, plasma engines are seen as the future of human spaceflight. While NASA-backed plasma rocket projects aim for travel times to Mars be just ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Takashi Ayoma / Getty, Antonio Calanni / AP Formula 1’s car design revolution for 2026 is the biggest in a generation. Not only are the chassis designs ...

Car companies have been re-launching powerful V8 engines that were previously discontinued. Many high-powered trucks were removed from the US market as car companies switched to more fuel-efficient ...

Marine engines and automotive engines are as different as Steinway pianos and comedy keyboards that operate by squeezing loud, well-tuned hamsters. They may look the same on the outside, but there's a ...

Engines vibrate. Honestly, considering the unending series of high-frequency explosions happening under your car's hood, it's kind of shocking that they don't vibrate more than they do. Still, a ...

How boxer engines work, why they’re not just “flat” engines, and a 120-year evolution traced from the 1899 Benz to the latest Porsche and Subaru boxers. Boxer engines feature flat, opposing pistons ...

Once upon a time, a 200 hp outboard was huge. Today, there are boats with a half-dozen 600 hp V-12s strapped onto the transom. But how did we even get here? And where are we going? Ever since Gustave ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Stirling engines, which have been around for centuries, leverage temperature differentials in a gas to do light mechanical work. A new study ...

View post: I Hate Priuses, but the 2026 Prius Plug-In Changed My Mind. Here are Five Reasons Why. The 3.4-liter twin-turbocharged V6 (codenamed V35A-FTS and part of the Toyota Dynamic Force engine ...

The Earth is much larger than most people realize. You need to use engines if you want to efficiently navigate large sections of the planet. Everything from cars to planes relies on engines, but they ...

Bentley said farewell to their iconic W12 engine in July of 2024, closing a storied chapter in modern grand touring after a two-decade run. Yet just as one story ends, another quietly begins, as ...