We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Imagine you could get all the brawny output of a robust V8 engine in your truck when needed, but also get improved fuel efficiency while ...

General Motors's Active Fuel Management (AFM) technology utilizes hydraulic valves, solenoids, and advanced software to shut down half of the cylinders in a V8 or V6 engine to save fuel. The system ...

Shoppers who care about long-term reliability increasingly want to know which General Motors engines avoid Active Fuel Management, the cylinder deactivation system that has drawn scrutiny from some ...

Question:I own a 2010 Chevy 1500 Silverado with a flex-fuel 5.3-liter Vortec V-8. The motor has an Active Fuel Management system that deactivates from V-8 to V-4 under certain conditions. This is my ...

As GM Authority recently covered, General Motors is currently building units of the 2021 Chevy Silverado 1500 and 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 light-duty pickup trucks without Active Fuel Management (AFM) or ...

Milford — Chevrolet’s 2019 Silverado will offer six different engine and transmission combinations, including an all-new 2.7-liter four-cylinder turbo and two V-8 engines equipped with the bow-tie ...

If the Chevrolet Corvette is known for one thing, it's speed. Speed is relative, though, and our expectations have grown over the years. Every Corvette generation has beefed up the specs, and one ...

The 5.3-liter V8 Ecotec3 might seem like the stepchild of the General Motors family, especially with the LS series of engines around, but it's a winner in its own right. This naturally aspirated ...

Question:My truck is a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado Crew Cab with the Vortec 5.3-liter V-8 with Active Fuel Management and a 3.42:1 rear-axle ratio. The EPA's average estimated fuel economy is supposed to ...

General Motors said Monday that due to the global semiconductor chip shortage the U.S. automaker is building certain 2021 light-duty full-size pickup trucks without a fuel management module, hurting ...

Fuel-management software integrated with preventative maintenance software leads to more accurate billing, says Marilyn Rawlings, CEM (left). All of a machine's costs, including fuel, can be combined ...

Fuel-management software integrated with preventative maintenance software leads to more accurate billing, says Marilyn Rawlings, CEM (left). All of a machine's costs, including fuel, can be combined ...