The otto cycle is the technical name for the 4 stroke engine.
so a Gasoline or Petrol engine.
Nikolaus August Otto
1879
A petrol (gasoline) engine can be an otto cycle engine or it may not be. Click the link.
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1855
He didn't invent a car! It was a new type of gasoline internal combustion engine which used a "four-stroke" system that he invented in 1876. Otto first used his engine to drive a motorcycle, not a car. Other people named his new engine system the "Otto Cycle Engine". It works so well that it is still the main engine system that is used worldwide for many different kinds of vehicles.
A standard 20 to 1 otto cycle is used for the petrol and diesel cycles for diesel engines. It is higher than gasoline engines due to the way diesels burn and compress fuel.
No. Gasoline will work in the dark. Gasoline is powered by the chemical reaction that causes the flames when ignited.
It is a car powered by an internal combustion engine running on gasoline.
The desire for more gasoline powered cars!
The maximum Thermal Efficiency of Petrol Engine or Gasoline Engine or Otto Cycle Engine is about 25-30%.
Otto (which started the term "Otto Motor" in Germany) In 1876 Nikolaus Otto built a four-stroke or "Otto cycle" internal combustion engine. Gottlieb Daimler & Wilhelm Maybach who had worked with Otto on his engine, parted company and in 1885 released their own much advanced version. In 1886 Karl Benz patented his "motorwagen" and is generally credited as being the father of the automobile.