Water and fuel aren't usually a good mix, but BMW has turned to water injection technology in its ever-continuing quest for improved fuel economy and power. Its latest 1 Series prototype is fitted ...

While primary production refers to oil that is recovered naturally from a producing well, Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) improves the amount of oil recovered from a well by using some form of additional ...

Electric cars and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles may get a lot of attention, but every carmaker is still searching for ways to improve the fuel efficiency of internal-combustion engines. At its ...

Water injection has recently found a home on the BMW M4 GTS, but the technology hasn't really drifted down to more mundane metal yet. Bosch wants to change that, offering up its water injection ...

Ford’s German division has filed a patent for a new water injection system that could bring exponential improvements in efficiencies and high horsepower gains. Truthfully, water injection isn’t a new ...

BMW is using an old-school trick to improve the performance of one of its newest cars. The twin-turbocharged six-cylinder that powers the M4 coupes it employs as a safety cars for the Moto GP ...

When you’re climbing a hill with 15,000 pounds in tow, the last thing you want to see is a pegged exhaust gas temperature (EGT) gauge. Lifting off the throttle with tons of weight will result in lost ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

A new high pressure water injection system designed to reduce nitrogen oxide (NO X) emissions from a peaking power plant in New York requires water with an ultra-low silica concentration. The ...

Water injection has been around forever, but after going in and out of fashion for decades, it's gaining a firm foothold in the performance-car world. A big reason is Matt Snow at Snow Performance is ...

The Goodman System water injection for cars equipped with an air pump utilizes a minimal number of high-quality components. The injection nozzle is of stainless steel construction. It is designed to ...