Our auto experts advise on how to keep your car powered upCar batteries face increasing demands in modern cars, but by ...

When cars sit, especially modern cars, it's really hard on the battery. Why? Well, there are a number of factors, but the main one is that even a parked car continues to pull a bit of power from a ...

The big battery pack that powers an electric car may look a lot different than the AA or AAA battery you use in various household devices, but at their core, these seemingly dissimilar energy storage ...

If you've been driving long enough, this scenario might sound familiar: You get into your car, turn on the ignition, and then... nothing. Your battery is dead, and you're probably going to be late.

Two statements in November’s “Battery basics” illustrate a shallow and superficial knowledge of such basics. First, an electrode does not transport electrons from one side of the battery to the other; ...

When your car doesn’t start, often a low or dead battery is the culprit. Unfortunately, most vehicle owners do not check their battery until it fails. As preventative maintenance, the suggested best ...

You see them everywhere you go, but it’s still good to know the subtle nuances around what a BEV is and isn’t. Battery-electric vehicles, or BEVs, are increasingly all over the place. Heck, the ...

You're running late, your car won't start, and you're standing there with jumper cables and a charger wondering –– do I have to disconnect the battery before I juice it up? The short answer is no, you ...

Every battery needs a 12-volt car battery, even that newfangled electric car you're driving around. 12-volt car batteries continue to be the biggest part of the $100-billion auto battery market, and ...

The most immediate problem is keeping your car’s 12V battery from dying, and running the engine—and therefore the alternator—for at least this long, about once every week, should prevent that from ...

Battery-electric vehicles, or BEVs, are increasingly all over the place. Heck, the bestselling car in the world (the Tesla Model Y) is electric, and in certain parts of the world, you can't stroll ...