Mazda had a simple explanation for why we had flown to Germany to drive its made-in-Japan next-generation Mazda 3 hatchback in prototype guise: Such early prototypes are allowed to roam German roads, ...

A battery in a traditional car cannot directly create engine spark. It’s only rated at 12 volts, after all, so it needs a little help boosting the signal to the spark plugs. To make that happen, a car ...

Billed as the Next Big Thing for the gasoline engine, Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) allows for diesel-like operation wherein compression, not spark, combusts lean air/gasoline ...

Around the world, automakers and their suppliers are working to make motor vehicles environmentally friendlier. The strictest standards have been set for markets in Europe and the United States. The ...

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 ...