Idling is when you leave your car’s engine running while not moving. Long thought to be better for your car than shutting it down, idling actually gets you nowhere. Here’s why you should turn off your ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you drive a car regularly, the odds are high that you'll have to sit and wait in it with the engine running at some point. The practice is known as idling, and it's common to do it during certain ...