Tag: Engines

Toyota, Subaru and Mazda commit to developing new engines

TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor and smaller Japanese automakers Subaru and Mazda Motor have each committed to developing new engines tailored to electrification, they said in a joint statement on Tuesday. “With these engines, each of the three companies will aim to optimise integration with motors, batteries, and other electric drive units,” they said in the […]

5 Car Brands With the Most Reliable Engines

audioundwerbung / Getty Images/iStockphoto You can argue that tires are a car’s four most important safety and performance features, but all the basic components are equally critical. If any one of them fails, the vehicle becomes unusable and costs you money. Check Out: 8 Hybrid Cars That Lose Their Value the FastestRead Next: 5 Unusual […]

The science of supercharged engines and their distinct whine

Cars, especially fast cars, represent an experience that touches all the senses except taste (because biting down on metal is ill-advised). Every vehicle has a sound–even EVs–that identifies the type of powertrain propelling it. Once you’ve heard a Toyota hybrid system, it’s hard to mistake that sonorous tone for anything else. Honda hybrids have a […]

NASA tests limits of updated engines for future Artemis missions

March 6 (UPI) — NASA completed a full-duration RS-25 engine hot fire Wednesday, as the space agency continues testing the updated engines that will launch Artemis missions to the moon and beyond. The full-duration test was the ninth of 12 scheduled tests, and took place on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space […]