Nissan has announced the production of a new kind of gasoline engine that can constantly adjust its compression rating, meaning it can always operate at peak efficiency. According to Nissan, the new VC-T engine has “the power of a turbo and the fuel economy of a diesel” and could replace diesels completely in most applications as it averages a 27% improvement on fuel economy than the 3.5 litre V6 engine it replaces, while maintaining comparable power and torque. The compression ratio measures how much the air-fuel mix is reduced, or compressed, in the gasoline engine The company says this is because the new engine uses “advanced technology from our Advanced Fuel Injection (AFI) technology”, which allows for constant adjustment between boost pressure levels without having to change any spark
Nissan has announced the production of a new kind of gasoline engine that can constantly adjust its compression rating, meaning it can always operate at peak efficiency. According to Nissan, the new VC-T engine has “the power of a turbo and the fuel economy of a diesel” and could replace diesels completely in most applications as it averages a 27% improvement on fuel economy than the 3.5 litre V6 engine it replaces, while maintaining comparable power and torque. The company says this is because the new engine uses “advanced technology from our Advanced Fuel Injection (AFI) technology”, which allows for constant adjustment between boost pressure levels without having to change any spark