V batteries in pricey battery-electric vehicles are failing, and causing quite a stir among EV owners. We provide some ...

About a month ago, I wrote a piece that generated a lot of interest titled “Why retrofitting electric air conditioning is ...

Hyundai is facing a major recall of its flagship electric vehicles after widespread reports of a critical defect in the ...

Testing your battery regularly will prevent a dead battery from ruining your day. There’s only one way to answer the question, “Is it my battery, or something else” when your car won’t start: Hook up ...

It seems simple enough, right? Your car battery is confirmed to be dead, not merely plagued by other electrical issues like a bad alternator. It's time for a trip for the local auto parts store to ...

A new lawsuit filed against Subaru and Toyota claims that the two automakers' jointly developed electric vehicles, the Solterra and bZ4X, suffers from an issue that causes the 12-volt battery used for ...

Q: I recently had a garage car, a Hyundai Kona EV, on loan while my 222-reg Enyaq was being repaired. The first evening, I went to start it, and everything was dead. It turns out it was fitted with an ...

What are the signs of a failing alternator? How do I differentiate between a battery problem and an alternator problem? Every car has a red “alternator” or car battery symbol in the instrument panel ...

An illuminated battery light means there’s something wrong with the car’s charging system, which primarily consists of the battery and alternator, along with some associated components such as the ...

Last October, Tesla removed the ability to keep the 12-volt sockets powered when the vehicle was locked. The move was meant to improve phantom drain but caused a massive backlash. The EV maker is ...

Our long-term 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6 has been delightful and utterly reliable so far, nearly 6,000 miles into our time with it. But for a small and extremely frustrated contingent of Ioniq 6 owners or ...

Initial funding of US$500,000, and up to an additional US$2,000,000 in early 2025 for equipment and testing of Volt’s proprietary direct lithium extraction technology ...