Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...

As downsizing has emerged as one of the best ways to meet tightening emissions rules, Ford has dived in headlong with its range of EcoBoost engines. The small turbo engines feature in everything from ...

Need to eke a little extra economy out of an engine? Here's one complex way of doing just that Cylinder deactivation is a technique that is used to boost the efficiency of a petrol engine when it is ...

Ford has developed a comprehensive range of EcoBoost engines, with everything from tiny 1.0-liter inline-three engines through to supercar-powering twin-turbocharged V6 units. While EcoBoost engines ...

The upsides of cylinder deactivation systems are obvious: Estimates from the U.S. Department of Energy say they can improve fuel economy by about 7.5 percent. (Many manufacturers offering cylinder ...

Testing of a sophisticated cylinder deactivation technology on a Cummins engine showed a 74% reduction in nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions. Cylinder deactivation is viewed as one of the main strategies ...

Cylinder deactivation is a proven solution to improve vehicle fuel economy. This proposal presents Dynamic Cylinder Deactivation (DCD) solution to the conventional automotive engines. DCD is an engine ...

If the diesel engine is to have a future, it must run far cleaner than it does today. Eaton engineers are working on a possible solution: outfitting diesel engines with cylinder deactivation. Eaton ...

Need to eke a little extra economy out of an engine? Here's one complex way of doing just that Cylinder deactivation is a technique that is used to boost the efficiency of a petrol engine when it is ...