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What engines are cars powered by?
Internal combustion gasoline or diesel engines power cars. Cars are also powered by electric motors.
What types of vehicles have an Internal Combustion Engine?
Most vehicles, such as cars, vans, and trucks, use internal combustion engines.
Why do cars need petrol or diesel?
Petrol and diesel engines are internal combustion engines. The internal combustion that turns the engine and powers the wheels is created by the combustion of fuel. No fuel, no combustion, and nothing to drive the wheels.
What type of cars use internal combustion engines?
Gasoline and Diesel engines are internal combustion engines. The fuel explodes (combusts) internally (in the cylinder) and releases energy that is used to move the vehicle. Electric engines and steam engines are not internal combustion engines by definition. Steam engines combust their fuel externally to the "engine". The vast majority of passenger vehicles produced throughout history are driven by internal combustion engines.
What is a type of internal combustion engine?
An internal combustion engine is an engine where the fuel combustion happens inside a combustion chamber. There are both Reciprocating and Rotary engines that fall into this category. Most cars on the road today use internal combustion engines. An example would be the V-8 Hemi engines that Dodge puts in their trucks.
Do cars use combution engines?
Most cars through history have used "Internal Combustion" engines.The Exceptions have been:External Combustion: Steam Engines are an example of thisElectric Motor driven cars Like the Tesla
What forms of transport use petrol?
planes, cars, motorcycle (anything that has internal combustion engines)
A type of fuel used in cars with internal-combustion engines this is made from petroleum?
unleaded gasoline
Why do cars use internal combustion engines rather than external combustion engines?
The term "Internal combustion" means the burning, or combustion of the fuel/air is detonated in an enclosed cylinder under compression, driving piston down. If the combustion was external, there would simply be an explosion in the air that produces no power.
What is the difference between ethanol cars and electric cars?
Ethanol is a combustible fluid, which is burned in internal combustion engines just as gasoline is. Electric cars (not hybrids) do not run on internal combustion engines, they run on electricity provided by batteries, which is used to operate electric motors. Hybrids have both features, they can run on fuel or on electricity.
Is a internal combustion engine a type of engine?
Well, you have rocket engines and jet engines which aren't internal combustion engines, and various types of internal combustion (Otto cycle -- what you probably have in most cars, Diesel cycle like small diesel cars and trucks, Wankel cycle like in Mazda rotary engines like the RX series, and 2-stroke like in dirt bikes and lawnmowers). There are also Stirling engines which work on heat differential but don't make a lot of power and are usually quite tiny and for demonstration or cooling purposes. So yes, internal combustion engines are a type of engine.
Do you have to plug a smart car into a wall socket?
No. The Smart cars use internal combustion engines - they're not electric.
