How to Use internal combustion engine in a Sentence

internal combustion engine

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Definition of internal combustion enginenext
  • Swapping an old internal combustion engine for a new electric one almost always results in more power and a lot more torque.
    — James Morris, Forbes, 8 May 2021
  • That’s because it’ll be powered by an internal combustion engine as opposed to an all-electric powertrain.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2021
  • No sales of new internal combustion engine passenger cars by 2035.
    — Charles Riley, CNN, 18 May 2021
  • That’s a useful property inside an internal combustion engine, which uses tiny explosions to turn a crank that spins the wheels of a truck or the propeller of a boat.
    — Emily Wright, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
  • Lamborghini still loves a good internal combustion engine.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2021
  • But autoworkers are worried; assembling a car powered by a battery requires about a third fewer people than one powered by an internal combustion engine.
    — New York Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • But taking the internal combustion engine out of vehicles is an altogether bigger challenge.
    — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 4 May 2021
  • This time a pure-electric platform will be used, rather than shoehorning an electric drivetrain into an existing car intended for an internal combustion engine.
    — James Morris, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Plug-in hybrids keep the feel and sound of an internal combustion engine when driven aggressively while allowing the car to operate under purely electric power at times.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 18 May 2021
  • For more than 100 years, the internal combustion engine (ICE) has been the mechanism of choice for vehicles of all shapes and sizes.
    — Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
  • That is reasonably quick by internal combustion engine vehicle standards, but pedestrian for an EV.
    — James Morris, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The end of the road for the internal combustion engine in Europe is now in sight.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 June 2022
  • Around the world, cities and countries are starting to plan for the end of the internal combustion engine.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The same trend was seen with the internal combustion engine.
    — Mustafa Suleyman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The country will end the sales of internal combustion engine cars in 2025.
    — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • His internal combustion engine is more than twice the size of yours.
    — Adrienne So, Wired, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The vocals may be gruff, but this makes a fine swansong for the internal combustion engine.
    — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2022
  • An internal combustion engine is loud and masks the noises a tire makes.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The days of the internal combustion engine are numbered.
    — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • And EVs need a lot of chips—easily twice as many as an internal combustion engine car.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2022
  • In Germany, the historic home of the internal combustion engine, plug-ins accounted for about a quarter of sales last year.
    — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Aside from the low tax, what makes Europe attractive is the bloc’s decision to ban the sale of new internal combustion engine cars by 2035.
    — Laura He, CNN, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The car was just fine (and certainly goes from 0-60 miles an hour more quickly than my internal combustion engine).
    — WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Which is cheaper to own: An EV or internal combustion engine car?
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Under the new rules, people are prohibited from using a tool with an internal combustion engine -- such as a chain saw -- on such lands in the state.
    — Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN, 12 June 2021
  • Justin Drake, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, says the way the process has been structured can be compared to a car switching from an internal combustion engine to an electric one.
    — WIRED, 20 Aug. 2022
  • And that’s a good thing, given the XC40’s already positive record with an internal combustion engine under the hood.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Le adds that VinFast will stop producing internal combustion engine cars by the end of 2022.
    — Lan Anh Nguyen, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Picture a normal pickup truck: there’s a low box for the front third, where the internal combustion engine normally goes; a tall middle box for humans and dogs; then a low rear box for the bed.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The switch to EVs would be monumental on its own for GM, a company that has made a living largely on the internal combustion engine for more than 113 years.
    — Tom Krisher, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022

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