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Hi-Tech Epic Fail: How Computers Killed a Cadillac Icon, the Infamous V8-6-4 of 1981
Hi-Tech Epic Fail: How Computers Killed a Cadillac Icon, the Infamous V8-6-4 of 1981

13 Dec 2023, 21:28 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / It should have been the greatest motoring advance since the wheel, but it ended as a flop of catastrophic proportions: Cadillac’s variable displacement V8

 
You Think Cylinder Deactivation Is New Technology? Think Again!
You Think Cylinder Deactivation Is New Technology? Think Again!

26 Mar 2022, 00:03 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Cars that have internal combustion engines today need to be as efficient as possible. Cylinder deactivation is a common option now, but here’s its history

 
Infiniti's Variable Compression Engine - Why It's Important And How It Works
Infiniti's Variable Compression Engine - Why It's Important And How It Works

8 Nov 2016, 17:25 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The Japanese at Infiniti have revealed an engine with variable compression this year. It is a concept, but sounds like better ideas than its predecessors

 
Infiniti VC-T Engine Boasts Variable Displacement and Variable Compression Ratio
Infiniti VC-T Engine Boasts Variable Displacement and Variable Compression Ratio

15 Aug 2016, 08:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though PHEVs and pure electric vehicles are gaining on cars powered solely by the internal combustion engine, the ICE has yet to become fully obsolete

 
Honda Patents Variable-Displacement Engine, Different than What You've Ever Seen
Honda Patents Variable-Displacement Engine, Different than What You've Ever Seen

9 May 2016, 17:14 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A patent filed by Honda in 2014 has emerged, and it's for an engine which might be revolutionary. It has variable displacement through an innovative crankshaft