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[[Category:Alternative propulsion]]

===Spark-ignition engines=== ===Diesel engines===

...rgeable energy storage system (RESS) and a fueled power source for vehicle propulsion ...lled '''Hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV)''' which use [[internal combustion]] engines and electric batteries to power electric motors. See also [[Hybrid Vehicle

...c vehicle''', or EV, is a [[vehicle]] with one or more electric motors for propulsion. The motion may be provided either by [[wheels]] or propellers driven by r *from both an on-board rechargeable energy storage device (RESD) and a fueled propulsion power source: [[hybrid vehicle]]

...ll be offered with a normally-aspirated gasoline engine, as well as diesel engines with variable geometry turbocharger and common-rail direct injection. == Alternative propulsion ==

...to keep Hybrids on the road for 625k miles (1 million km) by providing an alternative source of spare or refurbished parts. Globally there are about 50 electric, [[Hybrid Cars|Hybrid]] and alternative fuel vehicles. Though more and more [[List of Manufacturers|auto manufactur

Diesel engines in general are not widely used for passenger cars in the United States, as ...infrequent, fast accelerations. In the more frequent cruising mode, these engines are much larger than they need to be. By adding an electric motor to delive

...]]s and many [[gas turbine]]s are also very definitely internal combustion engines. ...ke. The most significant distinction between '''modern internal combustion engines''' and the early designs is the use of compression and in particular of in-

...aits are highly desirable in rocket engines, but undesirable in Otto-cycle engines. However, as a minor blending component (e.g. in a [[bi-fuel]] vehicle), h ...t seem odd that fuels with higher octane ratings are used in more powerful engines, since such fuels ignite less easily. However, an uncontrolled ignition is

...urbinia'', easily the fastest vessel afloat at the time. This principle of propulsion is still of some use. ...patented the design for a gas turbine for jet propulsion. His work on gas propulsion relied on the work from all those who had previously worked in the same fie

...d power source for vehicle [[Ground propulsion|propulsion]]. The different propulsion power systems may have common subsystems or components. The HV provides bet ...ation with cars also has other uses. Prior to its modern meaning of hybrid propulsion, the word ''hybrid'' was used in the United States to mean a vehicle of mix

===Alternative means of producing oil=== An alternative method is the Karrick process, which converts coal into crude oil, pioneer

...t. Plug-in hybrids have been identified as having significant potential as alternative fuel vehicles.<ref>Simpson, A. (2006) [http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/40 ...r HEV-0 cousins because more limited use of the PHEV's internal combustion engines may allow the engine to be used at closer to its maximum efficiency. While

...el vehicle is an automobile or other vehicle that uses a diesel engine for propulsion. The [[Diesel engine]] is a type of [[internal combustion engine]]; more sp Diesel engines are more durable and more fuel efficient than their gasoline counterparts.

...nd before the preeminence of powerful, but polluting [[internal combustion engines]], electric automobiles held many vehicle land speed and distance records i ...p://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsassemblya.htm], which allowed engines to keep cool enough to run for more than a few minutes, before which they h

...l power for industrial uses. The very largest electric motors are used for propulsion of large ships, and for such purposes as pipeline compressors, with ratings ...ids and the zinc which they use very far exceeds that of the coal in steam-engines of the same force.