During the Jet Age - the '50s and '60s - the automotive world was associated with unbridled optimism: as science and engineering made leaps and bounds, promising a better world for the future, concept ...

The engine is the lifeblood of a car. It converts fuel, usually gasoline, into physical motion that turns the wheels and makes the vehicles go. Over the years, as technology advanced, so too did ...

Give it wheels and a steering mechanism, and people will try to power it with anything they can. Visionary (and not-so-visionary) tinkerers and engineers have experimented with everything from steam ...