General Motors may not be building a bike engine, but this two-stroke concept has real potential for motorcycle engineering.
It’s been a while since two-stroke engines went the way of the dinosaurs, with them being considered too inefficient, noisy, and emission-heavy for the 21st century. It is widely believed that the ...
If we ran a poll on Visordown tomorrow asking if people prefer two or four-stroke engines, the ringy-dingy two-smoke would ...
GM modern two-stroke tech aims to revive lightweight, efficient combustion engines with a new patent using electronically ...
Years ago, the choice was clear: When it came to 2 stroke vs 4 stroke outboard motors, 2 stroke won every time. Two stroke motors offered a better power-to-weight ratio, were cheaper to manufacture, ...
If you’re shopping for a new fishing boat or an outboard motor to power it, one of the decisions you’ll have to make is between a 2 stroke vs 4 stroke engine. Unless you’re going electric, this choice ...
Now, General Motors (GM) has gone and filed a new patent application for... a two-stroke engine. The document explicitly mentions use in hybrid vehicles, immediately raising a question: Is GM ...
Traditional Two-Stroke Engine Issues A traditional two-stroke engine has the piston pushing down after firing, moving past an exhaust port and allowing the exhaust gases to leave the chamber.
Two-stroke engines used to be ubiquitous in dirt bike racing, thanks to their lightweight construction and horsepower. Packed in a dirt bike frame, they make a motorcycle playful in the corners and ...
Everllence has confirmed the running on ethanol, at all load points, of its 21/31 dual-fuel engine at test facilities in ...
Any oddball engine is clickbait crack for mechanical nerds, and the most compelling ones purport to introduce an entirely new combustion concept. "Not a four-stroke, not a two-stroke, a revolutionary ...