On paper, Nissan's variable-compression turbocharged engine should have been pretty awesome. Since it could change its compression ratio on the fly, it promised the power of a bigger engine when you ...

The compression ratio can vary from a highly boosted 8:1 ratio, to an Atkinson-cycle running 14:1 ratio. What this means is the engine can produce significant horsepower by using the low compression ...

"Nothing is going to be revolutionary for ICEV from now till the day the last one is made. It is technology which has been continually refined for 160 years." 1) How about free piston engines (gets ...

As we near the end of the road for internal-combustion engines, manufacturers are spending big money to eke out small gains in fuel economy. The latest miracle is Nissan’s VC-T engine, the first ...

Infiniti’s handsome QX50 compact crossover boasts use of the world’s only variable compression engine, a clever technology that proves invisible to the driver in daily use. The QX50’s turbocharged 2.0 ...

It is relevant for most users. EPA numbers are pretty close (within 2 mpg) of what I get driving. It is impossible for a single metric to perfectly match all users with different driving patterns over ...