internal combustion engine
noun
: a heat engine in which the combustion that generates the heat takes place inside the engine proper instead of in a furnace
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Unlike the gas cap on internal combustion engine cars, the port on an EV could be almost anywhere.
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Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 30 Jan. 2025
Automakers will also be keeping a close eye on those numbers in the months and years to come, and, for Porsche, manual 718s — and internal combustion engine 718s, period — are already on their way out this year.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2025
And that's under the hood of every internal combustion engine car.
—Tracy Smith, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2025
Just about every car brand at the Suntec City exhibition hall, which hosted the car show from Jan. 9 to 12, showed off at least one hybrid or battery electric vehicle, as world car markets continue their drive away from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.
—Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 13 Jan. 2025
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Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 30 Jan. 2025
Automakers will also be keeping a close eye on those numbers in the months and years to come, and, for Porsche, manual 718s — and internal combustion engine 718s, period — are already on their way out this year.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2025
And that's under the hood of every internal combustion engine car.
—Tracy Smith, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2025
Just about every car brand at the Suntec City exhibition hall, which hosted the car show from Jan. 9 to 12, showed off at least one hybrid or battery electric vehicle, as world car markets continue their drive away from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.
—Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Internal combustion engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internal%20combustion%20engine. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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