Once the EPA kicked lead out of automotive fuel, gasoline makers settled on a benzene compound as a substitute. But it, too, ...

Leaded fuel is considered one of the greatest environmental failures in modern human history. Adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knock in internal combustion engines, which was widely ...

GM has specific guidance regarding the use of fuel additives in its gas- and diesel-powered vehicles. Now, we're taking a ...

Editor’s note: Few programs to improve the nation’s air quality have generated as much controversy as the use of oxygenated fuel additives. The California Legislature is now debating the benefits of ...

The automobile itself traces its roots back to the late 19th century. Gas stations came about later, though, and people had to work a little harder to get gas up until that point. The first drive-in ...

With the rest of the world having long-since moved away from leaded fuels, aviation gasoline, or "avgas" for short, seemingly exists as a final holdover from a bygone era. The most ubiquitous avgas ...

Filling up a car with gas is second nature for most drivers. But what is not as well known is how dirty a car's fuel system can get over time. If you use low-quality gas without extra fuel additives ...