Spark plugs can only ignite the fuel at one end of the chamber. A laser ignites the fuel in the middle of the chamber instead, burning more of the fuel and improving combustion efficiency by 27 per ...

Luxury automakers have been chasing total fuel burning in their combustion engine chambers for decades, employing multiple techniques and tweaks to the traditional spark plug over the years to ...

As the automotive industry embraces the electric revolution, one automaker stands firm in its commitment to an engine type that has long been considered a relic of the past: the rotary engine. But now ...

A new patent filing from Mazda suggests that the company is working to replace the spark plugs in its engines with lasers. The Japanese automaker has filed a patent with the World Intellectual ...