Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) represents a low-temperature combustion paradigm in which a premixed air–fuel mixture auto-ignites simultaneously throughout the combustion chamber. By ...

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Natural gas is considered a viable alternative to gasoline or diesel fuel. Yet one of the challenges, according to a team of researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology, is the lack of range for ...

It's a technology that's been a sort of Holy Grail in the auto industry for at least a couple of decades. Now Mazda, one of the smallest global automakers, plans to introduce it in a radical new ...

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