In this day and age people are always pushing for things that are more efficient and use less of our finite resources. Bruce Crower an engine builder from San Diego may have the solution that we're looking for. Bruce has invented a six cycle engine.
A conventional four cycle engine goes through four steps in its operation. Intake, the engine brings a gas/air mix into the cylinder. Compression, the gas/air mix is compressed in the cylinder. Ignition, the gas/air mix is ignited and basically explodes or expands. And exhaust, where the byproduct of this combustion is expelled.
The thing that is so great about the six cycle engine is that it uses two fuel sources, gasoline and water. His engine goes through the four cycles a normal engine would but he's added two more. In his engine's fifth step water is put into the already hot cylinder. The water is heated rapidly and forms steam that expands and moves the piston down. The sixth and final step expels the steam exhaust.
It uses forty percent less fuel than a standard engine, this allows it to put out far less admissions as well. The use of water also has the side effect of cooling the engine, eliminating the need for any sort of fan, radiator, or coolant pump which takes up space and weight in vehicles with standard engines.
The possible uses for this engine are limitless. It can help to save gas without losing any of a normal engine's power. These aspects make it ideal for use in jobs like trucking where the power of electric motors wouldn't be able to pull the amount of weight that these trucks have to.
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