What experts say about the health risks of idling in your car — and what you can do to make a difference. (Getty Images) If you drive a car regularly, the odds are high that you'll have to sit and ...

Quite literally: idling gets you nowhere. It's a mindless bad habit that we don't even think about, but one that has real implications on our health, our wallets, our vehicles, and our climate crisis.

As the population of machines equipped with factory-installed telematics systems has increased in recent years, equipment manufacturers have encouraged customers to use this powerful technology, often ...

While it’s normal for a car to be idling high when it’s first started, if the idle doesn’t drop to normal after a minute or two, something’s probably wrong. That initial temporary high idle, which is ...

That old habit of letting your car idle for five or ten minutes in the driveway on a cold morning feels caring, but modern engines don’t see it that way. Thanks to fuel injection and thin synthetic ...

Your engine feels calm at a stoplight because a hidden idle system keeps fuel, air, and spark in balance. That quiet ...

As record-high fuel costs threaten to annihilate even the most thoughtfully planned budgets, many fleets look for ways to reduce fuel consumption or cut other costs to compensate. Reducing idling does ...

Drivers may soon face instant fines if they leave their engine running while stationary in traffic. London ULEZ expansion: who is affected, plus charges, penalties and how to pay Road tax: what’s ...

Intro: A graph of your car’s idle speed shouldn’t resemble architectural plans for a new Cedar Point roller coaster. Once the car warms up to normal operating temperature, it should run in a smooth ...

Truck idling contributes to significant CO2 emissions, wasting 1.5 billion gallons of fuel and releasing over 14 million metric tons of CO2 every year. The trucking industry loses over $6 billion ...

The 2020s seem destined to be a decade dominated by grand ambition, where the transportation industry will swing for the fences with new technology. Autonomous driving has the deeper implications on ...