The importance of proper battery charging. Two main schemes for battery charging. How to design a CCCV battery charger. Test results from the CCCV-based design. Battery-powered electronic devices have ...

Every car owner has, at some point in their vehicle ownership journey, dealt with a drained battery. If you haven't, consider yourself lucky. You might have left your car at a shop, gone on vacation, ...

Electric cars are slowly, but surely becoming commonplace, and they introduce a whole new generation of specifications that are worth caring about. Range is an obvious one — but there’s another metric ...

The Tang L SUV, also based on BYD’s 1000V architecture, can add 370 km (230 miles) of range in 5 minutes, while a full charge ...

The 2023 Audi E-Tron and 2024 Subaru Solterra each offer a peak DC fast charging rate of 150 kilowatts. The Subaru’s battery size is about three-quarters of the Audi’s. If they both offer the same ...

A DC-to-DC charger uses excess engine-alternator current, typically redirected from the starting battery bank, to charge the house battery bank. This can also be performed by an automatic charging ...

Hyundai sells some of the quickest-charging electric cars around. That has helped transform the South Korean company into one of America’s automotive tech leaders, and its Ioniq 5 crossover into one ...