Fans of the Makita Ni-Cd battery will be devastated to learn it has been discontinued by the power tools maker, but what ...

Zak is new to the CarBuzz team, working as a freelance content writer. When Zak isn't writing How To articles for CarBuzz he's working as a high school automotive technology instructor. Before ...

An electric vehicle’s largest, most important and most expensive component is its high-voltage battery pack. Many newer bespoke EVs are built around their battery pack, and some have even incorporated ...

After a rocky start, our long-term 2021 Ford F-150 Limited hybrid test truck had a good run of towing, hauling and being a zippy, 430-horsepower luxury truck that’s accumulated more than 16,000 miles ...

The PS 1 Portable Vacuum Lifting System from Vacuworx is designed to lift heavy pieces of concrete, marble, granite, metal, steel and iron. Because it is powered by a 12-volt rechargeable battery, the ...

Rivian owners have designed an adapter kit to replace the proprietary 12-volt lead-acid batteries in their vehicles with cheaper, off-the-shelf parts. A complementary solution could also allow keeping ...

Rivian recently faced a flurry of dying 12-volt batteries on its vehicles, last time because of a botched software update. This must have caused the EV startup a lot of money because it decided to ...

Auxiliary battery drain is a fairly common issue on some electric vehicles, unfortunately, and the Toyota bZ4X – and likely its Subaru Solterra twin – may be a part of this club. While having a bZ4X ...

Cars, trucks, RVs, and motorhomes run dual 12-volt batteries for various reasons. Depending on how you wire a two-battery 12-volt system, the result can be a 12-volt system or a 24-volt system—or even ...

A software update will address this risk. Ford explains how to exit a vehicle without power. 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E Rally By Jeff S. Bartlett Ford Motor Company is recalling 197,432 Ford Mustang ...

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 ...