Nissan made a lot of noise when its variable-compression turbo engines hit the market a few years back, snagging awards and headlines left and right. However, those two power plants—the 1.5-liter ...

A.Here's a pressure-volume diagram for a combustion engine. Although rough, it is an approximation of the so-called air-standard cycle. '' Point (a) is at atmospheric pressure, after which the air is ...

Nissan brought the first, and only, variable-compression engine to market. But its future doesn't look bright. Complexity in cars is a funny thing. It’s tempting to say that it’s all bad, that more is ...

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 ...

However, not all innovations are equal, and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

Nissan’s variable compression engines have caught the attention of U.S. safety regulators, following multiple reports of alleged engine failure, loss of power, engine knocking, and metal chunks and ...

The new engine is based on the 2.0-liter variable compression engines found in the Infiniti QX50 and Nissan Altima but sports one less cylinder. The new engine makes 201 hp and 225 lb-ft of torque, ...

"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 ...

Nissan wowed the automotive world when it introduced its Variable Compression (VC) Turbo technology in 2016. The innovative engine advancement, which essentially was capable of on-the-fly compression ...