If you've watched a car movie like the "Fast and the Furious" franchise in recent years, you might've noticed them pressing a button and the car suddenly getting a massive boost in engine power. When ...

Many new cars come with automatic engine start-stop. These systems are designed to save the fuel wasted at idle by turning the engine off when you come to a stop. These systems are becoming more and ...

How hot does your engine run? Is it on the cool side? The hot side? Where should it be? How big of a radiator should you run? Antifreeze or water? Tap or distilled? Do you need a pressurized cooling ...

The first production car engine with variable valve timing (VVT) came from Alfa Romeo in 1980. It was installed in the fuel-injected Alfa Romeo Spider. Before this, a few experimental systems existed, ...

EQ Boost is a mild-hybrid system built around a 48-volt electrical architecture that increases the performance and efficiency of a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE). The technology ...

Visteon Corporation is partnering with China's third-largest automaker, ChangAn, in a new joint venture, Chongqing ChangAn Visteon Engine Control Systems. The engineering capability of this joint ...

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