Auto Engine
The modern auto engine is an amazing piece of machinery. Just open the hood of your car and marvel and this wonder of modern engineering. Perhaps the most amazing thing about modern engines is that they essentially run on a technology that was created over 100 years ago. Auto engines burn gasoline inside an engine to create motion. This … Keep Reading → motion produces the energy to propel the vehicle. If you have ever heard of the term internal combustion engine that’s where the name comes from. The combustion takes place inside the engine. This can be distinguished from the original steam engine powered vehicles where the fuel was combusted outside the engine. The two primary engines available are the gas turbine engine and the diesel engine. The diesel engine process is actually more efficient and unlike the gas turbine engine, diesel engines do not require a spark plug to ignite the fuel. Perhaps because of the extra cost of the fuel, diesel engines are not very popular in the U.S.
