DETROIT — While Tesla, General Motors, Nissan, BMW and other automakers doggedly push to bring battery-powered vehicles into the mainstream, Achates Power engineers are betting that an old technology ...

DETROIT – While Tesla, General Motors, Nissan, BMW and other automakers doggedly push to bring battery-powered vehicles into the mainstream, Achates Power Inc. engineers are betting that an old ...

The opposed-piston engine has been around for over 100 years and is more efficient in almost every way. The engine has no traditional valves, cams, or camshafts, and no head, so it’s simpler and ...

That fresh air is squeezed into a small pocket in the center of the cylinder as both pistons come together, where finally diesel fuel is directly injected, igniting the mixture and creating the power ...

1. EcoMotors is developing high-efficiency engines — specifically the unique opoc (Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder) engine — for use in cars, light trucks, marine applications, agricultural vehicles, ...

Remarkable innovations have been made to automotive technology since Karl Benz introduced the world to the "Motorwagen" in 1866 and Henry Ford gave rise to the American auto industry with the Model T ...

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Greencarcongress – Achates Power, the developer a two-stroke, compression-ignition (CI) opposed-piston (OP) engine, is presenting performance and emissions results of the Achates engine used in a ...

The 10.6-litre, 2-stroke, 3-cylinder, opposed-piston Achates engine already meets 2027 regulations while being lighter. But hey, relax. That company also said that by 2030 50% of its new vehicle sales ...

Monolith Engines has developed a set of dual (Fig. 1) and quad (Fig. 2) opposed piston engines (watch Two and Four Cylinder Single Stroke Opposed Piston Engines on Engineering TV). The engines uses a ...