Have you ever wondered what made car manufacturers decide to go from dynamos to alternators for generating electricity? It's a mix of reliability and cost.

Both inverter and standard generators run on fossil fuels and emit carbon monoxide (CO) fumes in their exhaust and must be operated outside, at least 10 to 20 feet from the house and away from any ...

Ducati North America (Ducati) is recalling certain 2021 Streetfighter V4 and Streetfighter V4 S motorcycles. The generator rotor (flywheel) may break, damaging the generator cover and causing oil ...

Christine and Scott Gable are hybrid auto and alternative fuel experts who have brewed their own biodiesel and traveled 125,000 miles on waste vegetable oil. Electric vehicles rely exclusively on ...

The combustion engine powers the motor-generator, which in turn recharges the lithium-ion battery. There’s also a DC-DC converter to manage energy flow between the battery and motor. While a ...

If anything keeps us befuddled about classic Mustangs, it is charging systems and storage batteries. You turn the key and nothing happens, or perhaps you get that annoying chatter of a solenoid barely ...