SAN DIEGO — To bring new technologies to market faster, electric vehicle battery makers need to manage data in creative ways and consider different business models, industry executives said the ...

Most owners of gas- and diesel-powered vehicles don't spend a lot of time thinking about car batteries until it's time to get a new one. After all, modern batteries need very little maintenance. How ...

Sure, you could grab your cell phone and call a mechanic at the first sign of car trouble, or you could become self-reliant by buying a couple of things that can get you up and running almost as ...

These days, virtually every automotive battery manufacturer makes some type of absorbed glass mat (AGM) battery, a technology that is rapidly replacing the flooded electrolyte batteries most folks are ...

You must know this, but your car needs a battery to run properly. A dead battery means a car won’t start, but various electronics in the car won’t work properly either, including overhead dome lights, ...

Summer heat is tougher on car batteries than winter’s chill. It may seem counterintuitive, but higher temperatures have a greater impact on the power-generating chemistry inside. And it’s not just ...

Winter is coming … and so too could be a dead car battery. Colder weather can quickly drain your battery’s power output and ...

Car battery specs conform to standards developed by the Battery Council International (BCI) and the SAE. Many of the specs appear on the common battery label or sticker as well as in battery ...

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 ...

BSI, in its role as the UK national standards body, has published two standards as part of the Faraday Battery Challenge Standardisation Programme to help support the UK's electric vehicle (EV) ...