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Automotive News is a weekly print newspaper written for the automotive industry, primarily individuals associated with automobile manufacturers, suppliers and manufacturers.

Based out of Detroit and owned by Crain Communications Inc, Automotive News is considered the newspaper of record for the automotive industry.

The brand has a team of more than 55 editors and reporters worldwide.

An octane rating, or octane number, is a standard measure of the performance of an engine or aviation fuel.

The higher the octane number, the more compression the fuel can withstand before detonating (igniting).

In broad terms, fuels with a higher octane rating are used in high performance gasoline engines that require higher compression ratios.

In contrast, fuels with lower octane numbers (but higher cetane numbers) are ideal for diesel engines, because diesel engines (also referred to as compression-ignition engines) do not compress the fuel, but rather compress only air and then inject fuel into the air which was heated by compression.

Gasoline engines rely on ignition of air and fuel compressed together as a mixture, which is ignited at the end of the compression stroke using spark plugs.

Therefore, high compressibility of the fuel matters mainly for gasoline engines.

Use of gasoline with lower octane numbers may lead to the problem of engine knocking.

An electric vehicle (EV), also referred to as an electric drive vehicle, uses one or more electric motors or traction motors for propulsion.

An electric vehicle may be powered through a collector system by electricity from off-vehicle sources, or may be self-contained with a battery, solar panels or a generator to convert fuel to electricity.

EVs include road and rail vehicles, surface and underwater vessels, electric aircraft and electric spacecraft.

A sport utility vehicle or suburban utility vehicle (SUV) is a vehicle classified as a light truck, but operated as a family vehicle.

They are similar to a large station wagon or estate car, usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on- or off-road ability.

Some SUVs include the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan or large sedan.

A custom car is a passenger vehicle that has been substantially modified in either of the following two ways.