Gas turbine cars: an ill wind?

STP Lotus Gas Turbine Indy

The vast majority of cars on our roads are powered by piston-engined internal combustion engines. A gas turbine, however, has no pistons. Instead, air is compressed and fed into a combustion chamber, into which fuel is sprayed. The fuel/air mixture is then ignited and the gases produced are used to power a turbine. Generally speaking, […]

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