The most common approaches to improving the fuel efficiency of our vehicles involve anything related to engines, batteries or electric cars. The topic rarely extends to tires but as vehicle tires, in part, help each of us cover every mile, their importance can never be minimized. The patch of road touching our vehicle on every […]
Why Topping Off Your Gas Tank Can Damage Your Vehicle
We’ve all been there at the gas station. We fill up the tank, then hear that click as the nozzle shuts itself off, but we’re stuck with an odd number on the display, like $48.91. The urge is to squeeze that trigger just one more time and top off the tank to an even $50. […]
The Ford Engineer Who Solved a Problem Every Driver Hates
We all have minor gripes that occur in everyday life that don’t amount to much but are memorable due to their frequent occurrence. Among these is the exasperating situation where you pull up to the gas station pump and, sure enough, it’s on the other side of the vehicle from your fuel filler door. You […]
Your Car’s Fuel Gauge Arrow: A Hidden Feature Explained
Every single driver can relate to this; that experience of sitting behind the steering wheel in a hire car, the fuel warning light comes on and you coast into the first service station you see. You put your hand out without too much thinking and pull up beside an empty pump to realize the filler […]
The Premium Gas Myth: An Expert Guide to Modern Car Care
Car maintenance tips tend to have an incredibly long shelf life, lingering long after the actual technology on which they were based have become entirely obsolete. It’s a common phenomenon to find yourself relying on driving and car maintenance habits learned from your parents or grandparents-habits which may not really apply any longer. What might […]
Regaining Control: A Guide to Disabling Auto Start-Stop Technology
Most people barely notice how different driving feels now until they do. A feature stirring plenty of talk? The Auto Start/Stop function. Meant to save fuel, sure but quite a few find it breaks their flow behind the wheel. When the motor cuts out at red lights, stillness creeps in. That sudden quiet hits harder […]
Gulfstream Achieves World’s First Transatlantic Flight on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel
The aviation industry is known for being innovative and fast. It connects the whole world. It also hurts the environment a lot. As people become more worried about the climate companies that make airplanes are under a lot of pressure to find ways to be cleaner. One of the promising ideas is sustainable aviation fuel, […]
10 Jet Engines and Technologies Redefining Aviation
Aviation industry experiences major transformations related to innovations in the area of propulsion technologies. As global air traffic continuously grows every year, the manufacturers of aviation engines have no choice but to respond to demands from airliners for fuel-efficient engines. Thus, there is a need to introduce innovations that will facilitate better environmental performance and […]
CVT Transmissions Explained: Weighing the Pros and Cons
It is a common discussion in most households: some individuals adopt new auto technologies, and others are not sure of the reliability of these technologies in the long run. The continuously variable transmission or CVT as it is oftentimes referred to is a topic of this debate. It was an innovation that initially was seen […]
Your Guide to Rental Car Fuel Policies and Avoiding Fees
It is not new that many travelers can relate to standing at a rental car counter at the end of a long and tiring journey. You have just left a plane and the agent is already thinking about getting to your destination and then he asks you a seemingly easy question, whether you would like […]