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Shell, Gordon Murray and Osamu Goto to develop new ultra-compact ICE city car

Green Car Congress

l/100 km) over the iconic Brighton-London course with a low friction engine lubricant playing a significant part in this figure. Together with the all-electric T.27 25 project incorporated specially formulated, low viscosity engine oil, designed by the Shell Lubricants Technology Team. Why a petrol car?

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

Cars That Think

Something strange is happening in the Ferrari SF90. Especially since I’m straining to keep pace with Raffaele de Simone just ahead, the Ferrari test driver who routinely sets lap records on this historic circuit, just a few pasta lengths from its factory in Maranello, in northern Italy. The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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