We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For decades, cars, trucks, and other vehicles have had an electric cigarette lighter built into the dashboard or some other easily accessible ...

In the past, it was rarely used for anything other than powering the onboard cigarette lighter; today, it’s an indispensable source of power for countless electronics, including our smartphones.

Your car’s battery is what makes everything in your car go. From your ignition to your radio, if you have a bad battery, none of them will work properly. A car battery, even the best one, won’t last ...

The spark plug is essentially a high-voltage “bridge” that ignites gas vapors inside your engine and makes your car go. On average, spark plugs should be replaced every 50-100,000 miles—the good news ...

When the first few thousand electric cars went on sale in California in the mid- to late 1990s, they used various different charging methods, each with its own dedicated charging stations. Given the ...

Replacing a car battery was one of the first things I learned to do on a car. I’ve probably replaced a dozen batteries under various conditions—in my garage, outside in the snow, in a store parking ...