Most modern gasoline and diesel-powered engines found in the cars and trucks seen on today's roadways rely on the ...

The Otto combustion cycle is not the only way gasoline engine can operate. Back in 1882, British engineer James Atkinson developed the combustion cycle that still wears his name.

Nicolaus August Otto’s engine would run better than it ever had before. Born in early June of 1832, Otto’s path to inventor infamy would be an interesting one. He had left school at 16 to work ...

The demise of the internal combustion engine has been greatly exaggerated, or so Mercedes-Benz thinks. The company’s position stems from empirical observation, based on all rational evidence ...

This engine, called the “High Speed Electric Light Otto Gas-Engine,” runs at 250 revolutions, and is de signed throughout to run at this exceptional speed.

Though the gasoline engine is more than 100 years old, improvements continue to make it more efficient, while producing fewer emissions. At the upcoming Frankfurt Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz is ...

The alleged experts claim that the engine Nicolaus Otto invented in 1876 is running out of gas. They're wrong. The beauty of Otto's internal-combustion gasoline engine was its unmatched ...

Daimler has strengthened ties with Ford Motor Co. after consulting with the U.S. automaker during the development of a three-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine. Daimler is building the new ...

ON March 17 the centenary occurs of the birth of Gottlieb Daimler, the distinguished German engineer, to whom we owe the introduction of the light high-speed spirit engine suitable for road vehicles.

Most modern gasoline and diesel-powered engines found in the cars and trucks seen on today's roadways rely on the four-cycle-engine principles developed in the late 1800s by Nikolaus Otto ...