NHTSA launches Recall Query RQ26001 to investigate 36 reports of catastrophic L87 engine failures occurring after vehicles received GM's official recall remedy.

Volvo announced a recall for certain model cars built between 2021 and 2025. The vehicles have a faulty rearview camera display problem that would increase a crash risk. Owners of the affected cars ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

European automotive brands Porsche and Volvo have each recalled tens of thousands of vehicles in Canada over the same potential safety problem. The two brands are unrelated to each other. Porsche is ...

This teardown of a 2012 Honda Civic’s R18 engine shows how added engine complexity can compromise long-term reliability. Modern engine tech improves efficiency but may reduce long-term reliability, ...

Failures of diesel engines on bi-mode Hitachi IET trains are causing delays to Great Western Railway services. The diesel generator units (GUs) generate the electricity used to power both the electric ...

When Airbus acquired Bombardier’s C Series programme in 2018 and rebranded it as the A220, the move instantly gave the aircraft new credibility. The jet represented a bold new direction in narrowbody ...

Volvo has always taken pride in its engines as a symbol of precision and endurance. After all, one of its vehicles holds the Guinness World Record for the highest mileage ever recorded. But if you've ...

Start/stop systems are among the simplest ideas in automotive history—turn off the engine when you don’t need it, save fuel, and start again when you do. Passenger cars embraced this decades ago, but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a professor at Cal State LA and the technical director for the Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility. We go for better ...

Automakers have long touted the benefits of fuel injection, claiming increased efficiency and power. But as more cars have the system installed (around 73% in 2023), more and more consumers are ...