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Consumer Reports receives a wide range of questions from enthusiasts and the auto industry looking for a deeper understanding of the methodology used in the reliability section of our latest Annual ...

In today’s world, so-called “high-performance, sustainable” facilities are a dime a dozen. But many of these buildings rely on overly complex mechanical systems to carry out their mission. While these ...

Failure rate or base failure rate refers to the number of failures per unit of time, typically in terms of failures in time (FITs) equivalent to one failure in a billion hours, which can be expected ...