We’ve all heard the idea: In winter, your car needs a little time to warm up before you can drive it. And that’s why across the United States, people who live in cold and snowy places and especially ...

Harsh driving conditions in winter are already hard on your car, but you could be making things a lot worse if you’re turning your vehicle on in the morning so it can “warm up” before you drive off.

Cold winter mornings often prompt drivers to start their cars and let them idle before driving. This practice stems from decades-old advice that once made perfect sense for older vehicles with ...

New research suggests that insights from behavioral science can help inform the design of road signs to bring about changes in driver behavior. New research by academics at the University of East ...

Your engine feels calm at a stoplight because a hidden idle system keeps fuel, air, and spark in balance. That quiet stability is not luck, it is the result of sensors, valves, and software working ...

Each year U.S. fleets use about 3 billion gallons of diesel fuel idling. That equates to 8% of total fuel burned. Sadly as much as 2 billion gallons were unnecessarily used because the industry failed ...

Today’s cars, trucks, and SUVs are equipped with onboard diagnostic systems that can detect when a problem occurs and will flash an alert to the driver that a glitch exists. A vehicle’s brakes, ...