Koenigsegg doesn’t just want combustion-powered supercars to compete with EVs in terms of raw performance… it wants to compete in eco-friendliness, too. In a chat with Top Gear, company founder Christian von Koenigsegg said he was working with National Electric Vehicle Sweden to develop a €1 million ($ 1.15 million) hybrid supercar that was “completely […]
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How the Internal Combustion Engine Keeps Getting Better
After more than a century, engineers are still finding ways to squeeze more power from less fuel. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a835771a8e48854db1759b4/master/pass/EngineVideo-FA.jpg
Big Oil and Auto Makers Throw a Lifeline to the Combustion Engine
Oil companies and the auto industry are teaming up to preserve the internal combustion engine, as tough regulation and electric vehicles put the car industry’s century-old technology at risk. WSJ.com: What’s News US
California considers internal combustion car ban
Gasoline and diesel cars in California may have a bleak future. According to Bloomberg, the state is considering instituting some type of ban on the sale of internal combustion automobiles. The news source got this information from the chairman of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Mary Nichols. Nichols also told Bloomberg that if such […]
Carmakers face electric reality as combustion engine outlook dims
(Reuters) — European car bosses gathering for the Frankfurt auto show are beginning to address the realities of mass vehicle electrification, and its consequences for jobs and profit, their minds focused by government pledges to outlaw the combustion engine. As the latest such announcement by China added momentum to a push for zero-emissions motoring, Daimler, […]
Hybrids not included in UK's proposed 2040 combustion engine ban
Not to be left behind after the French government announced a plan to ban the sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, the UK government has announced that it’s planning a similar move. Initial reports outlined the ban to include everything with an internal combustion engine, but it’s been clarified that hybrids and […]