Environmental stories tagged with: homogeneous charge compression ignition

HCCI Engine

General Motors Trials New Combustion Technology

Friday, 24th August 2007, 2:14 pm
Engine experts have dreamt about it, talked about it and lectured about it, and now – for the first time – General Motors is letting outside parties drive the "most awaited advanced combustion technology" of the past 30 years.
HCCI Engine.  Photo: Donna Coveney

MIT Researchers Work Toward Spark-Free, Fuel-Efficient Engines

Tuesday, 24th July 2007, 4:56 pm
In an advance that could help curb global demand for oil, MIT researchers have demonstrated how ordinary spark-ignition automobile engines can, under certain driving conditions, move into a spark-free operating mode that is more fuel-efficient and just as clean.
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