GM Explains Direct Injection

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With direct injection, highly pressurized fuel is sprayed directly into the combustion chamber, instead of through the cylinder ports, to create a more complete burn of the fuel-air mixture. Less fuel is required to produce the equivalent horsepower of a conventional port-injection combustion system and the mixture is more precise, which also helps the engine save fuel and start quicker with fewer hydrocarbon emissions. All of this makes for a more complete combustion of the gasoline, providing more power with less fuel.

Direct injection is one of the advanced internal combustion engine technologies that allows manufacturers to downsize from a V8 to a V6, or a V6 to a four-cylinder without sacrificing power, but still improve fuel efficiency with fewer emissions. You can see in the video above how it works.

source: gm fastlane