LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio’s latest report on the global automotive variable displacement engine market provides an analysis of the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook ...

Infiniti's new Variable Compression Turbo is the centerpiece of this crossover. Variable compression engine sounds like something you’d hear from a super villain describing his latest contraption. At ...

The new Infiniti QX50 might not seem the most natural fodder for these pages, but its engine surely is. Just introduced to the world at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the crossover is powered by the world ...

Joel was previously an editor at Autoblog for nearly a decade, covering cars from humble economy hatchbacks to high-end sports cars. He has extensive driving experience with plenty of track time, and ...

Nelson Ireson March 24, 2009 Comment Now! Multi-displacement system, displacement-on-demand, cylinder deactivation - call it what you will, they're all based around the same principle: turn off some ...

Since 1998, Nissan has been working on a new kind of engine that could realize many automotive engineers’ dreams: an engine with a variable compression ratio. This was Nissan going against the hybrid ...

Nissan brought the first, and only, variable-compression engine to market. But its future doesn't look bright. Complexity in cars is a funny thing. It’s tempting to say that it’s all bad, that more is ...

The LV1 is a 4.3-liter six-cylinder engine produced by General Motors for use in large vans. The engine is essentially the same as the 4.3L LV3 V-6, but without Active Fuel Management technology. It ...

Hyundai has filed a patent application for a four-cylinder engine with variable cylinder displacement. The patent application is officially for a “system and method for motor-assisted non-uniform ...

COLUMBUS, Ind. & DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) and Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE: LBRT) (“Liberty”) today announced that the industry’s first natural gas variable speed, large ...

Displacement on demand has been a fuel-saving technology for light-duty gasoline engines for several years now. The technology also holds promise for diesel engines – but in a slightly different way.