Tag: combustion

Japanese carmakers backing new combustion engines amid electric push

Although the end of the internal combustion engine seems to be sealed for many manufacturers, it appears that new petrol and diesel engines are still in the pipeline. News of the ICE’s demise has apparently been premature, for as the car industry heads towards the electric era, a new combustion engine alliance is being formed […]

Toyota shuns electric cars with new generation of combustion engines

Toyota is to develop a new generation of petrol-fuelled internal combustion engines, in the carmaker’s latest bet against electric vehicles. In a joint press conference with Mazda and Subaru, the Japanese company on Tuesday unveiled prototype engines that it said would be smaller, more efficient and capable of burning eco-friendly fuels such as hydrogen. It […]

Toyota’s bet on hybrids was mocked, then vindicated. Now it’s trying to repeat the trick with an unlikely bet on the combustion engine

While many automakers predicted a looming all-EV future, Toyota made gains by emphasizing hybrids over fully electric vehicles—a move that earned it derision before being vindicated over the past year as EV sales sputtered. Now it’s now doubling down with a new take on the traditional car engine. The world’s largest carmaker said Tuesday that […]