If an electric car stirs your interest but the lifestyle changes sound daunting, consider a plug-in hybrid. A plug-in hybrid ...

Phone chargers, laptop bricks and power banks now live in wall outlets the way clocks once did, humming along in the ...

Battery maker A123 systems is offering an "upgrade" of a Toyota Prius to a plug-in hybrid. Depending on driving conditions, drivers can get over 100 miles per gallon. Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

EVs suffer reduced battery performance and longer charging times in cold weather. How to get the best performance from an EV ...

Audi on Tuesday announced a bigger battery for plug-in hybrid versions of its A6, A7 and Q5. The trio receive a new 17.9-kilowatt-hour battery instead of their previous 14.1-kwh unit. The new battery ...

Hybrids combine a battery pack, an electric motor, and a gas engine. The gas engine or the electric motor alone can drive the wheels, or they can work in unison. The electric motor gets energy from ...

Keeping your laptop plugged in constantly is generally safe due to modern safeguards, but it can subtly accelerate battery aging. Experts advise avoiding prolonged 100% charge and heat, which stress ...

Not long ago, green car fans had only one choice: a hybrid vehicle like the Prius that gets all its energy from gasoline. Now there is a choice of several pure battery-electric vehicles that get all ...

Like many people who like their gadgets --and also spend time outdoors and traveling-- I've amassed a small collection of portable battery packs. You never know when you might need to recharge a ...

The "Plugged In, Not Charging" status you see when you mouse over the battery icon in the Windows taskbar indicates that the AC adapter is plugged in to run the computer, but the battery isn't ...