The arrow’s origin story goes that Moylan got the idea while taking a company car to a meeting at the automaker’s Dearborn ...

James Moylan, who thought up the little arrow on your gas gauge that tells you what side of the car your fuel filler sits, ...

If there’s one car fact or Easter Egg or detail (or whatever you want to call it) that seems to delight non-car-obsessed ...

After training as a designer, he joined Ford body engineering as a draftsman in March 1968, stepping into a world where even ...

James Moylan of Plymouth, Michigan, passed away at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit on December 11, 2025 at the age of 80. You ...

Few things sap the fun of driving your vintage truck like a dead or inaccurate fuel gauge reading. Without the confidence of knowing exactly how much juice is in the tank, it's natural to keep drives ...

This is kind of a difficult concept to describe, but I love wonderful things that are at least on some level ridiculous. I love things that show incredible levels of thought and innovation, but for ...

Why are some fuel gauges and fuel-range indicators sometimes so inaccurate they leave riders stranded with an empty tank far from a service station? In fact, often the more hi-tech, sophisticated and ...

Owning a car that tells you exactly how much range it has left can be a nerve-racking experience, especially if you’re prone to delaying refueling for as long as possible. On a mission to see just how ...

An engine relies on two things to run: spark and fuel. Sure, there are a million other things to consider when speaking of engine operation and power, but regardless of the type, size, or brand of ...

Faulty software in the Italian sport sedan and SUV could lead to gas gauges that say they have more fuel than they do. Following stints in TV news production and as a record company publicist, Chris ...