For more than a century now, automotive engineers have struggled with an unavoidable balancing act when it comes to engine compression. Now, thanks to an innovation from Infiniti, they may get to ...

An interesting patent has been filed by Toyota for an engine with variable compression. The patent is for an engine with variable length connecting rods. The connecting rod features two hydraulic ...

While the fashion in high-tech automotive developments might lean towards hybrids and electric vehicles at the moment, there’s still plenty of scope to improve the good old internal combustion engine ...

A gasoline piston engine that can dynamically change its compression ratio —that is, the amount by which the piston squeezes the fuel-air mixture in the cylinder—has long been a holy grail of engine ...

It seems like every major automaker these days is using tricks like variable-valve timing - often in conjunction with forced induction - to eke better efficiency out of their engines while still ...

Forget variable length intakes and variable valve timing, Infiniti is going all the way and introducing variable cylinder compression ratios. The new VC-T turbo engine automatically adjusts between a ...

Infiniti introduced the world's first variable compression-ratio engine, a technology it claims to have been working on for two decades, at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. A variable compression-ratio ...

Nissan brought the first, and only, variable-compression engine to market. But its future doesn't look bright. Complexity in ...

Now normally the announcement of a four-cylinder turbocharged engine from Infiniti wouldn't be all that newsworthy, but this one is a little different. Because this new engine is claimed to be the ...

Infiniti has revealed an engine concept this year, and it is of the variable compression kind. While not the first of its type as a concept, this motor might bring a new line of internal combustion ...