The age of diesel-powered submarines began in 1912, and these subs dominated the waters for more than 40 years, through both World War I and World War II. In the U.S., this era ended when the last ...

While diesel engines don't need spark plugs, they do need air ventilation for proper combustion. This is a problem for vessels traveling underwater, such as submarines. Yet diesel submarines exist and ...

Most modern diesel engines already feature an electric start system. However, older engines often required manual starting methods such as hand cranks, kick-starts, or pull-starts, which could be ...

For over a century, the heavy-duty trucking industry has been in a long, committed, soot-stained marriage with the diesel engine. The major reason why the diesel engine has been the powertrain of ...

You've probably heard about pollution from cruise ships' engines, but why do they usually run on diesel, and how are they ...

A new company is looking to take a different path to reducing emissions from diesel-powered trucks through electrification instead of pure battery-electric or hydrogen fuel cell (FCEV) technologies.

Diesel-electric locomotives have been barreling along America’s wide-open plains for generations, and the century-old combination of consistent, high-efficiency rpm diesel engines spinning up ...