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

The tiny arrow with the fuel gauge was invented by Jim Moylan, an engineer at Ford, and was initially rolled out on Ford cars ...

James N. Moylan, the Ford engineer credited with the dashboard arrow that tells drivers which side their fuel filler is on, ...

The incredible story behind the Moylan Arrow, the unassuming yet ingenious invention that transformed the humble fuel gauge.

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 people more than any other one, I think it has to be this one: fuel gauges tend ...

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 ...

For the second-straight week fuel usage played a major role in the outcome of a NASCAR race as Joey Logano came from behind in the final lap at Watkins Glen to overcome a gas-starved Kevin Harvick for ...

If you have an older car that didn’t come from the factory with all of the important gauges, or you own a new car that you’ve improved enough that you need better readouts for things like water ...