Battery Technology

Few things are more frustrating than turning the key on a cold morning and hearing nothing but a slow, labored crank or worse, silence. Car battery failure is one of the most common reasons drivers call for roadside assistance, and most of those failures could have been anticipated if the owner had understood how long…

A dead battery rarely picks a good time to fail. It’s the number one reason drivers call for roadside help in the United States, and vehicles between six and ten years old are the most likely to leave you stranded because of one. The good news: learning how to change a car battery is one…

If your car battery just died and the shop handed you a quote for something called an “AGM battery,” you’re probably wondering what that even means and why it costs more than the battery you had before. Here’s the short answer: an AGM battery is a sealed lead-acid battery that stores its acid inside a…

That crusty white or blue buildup on a battery isn’t just ugly. It’s the reason your flashlight won’t click on, your kid’s toy stopped talking, or your car cranks slower than it did last winter. The good news is that in most cases, you can clear it out in under ten minutes with things you…

Dead batteries pile up fast. A few from the remote, some from the kids’ toys, an old laptop pack in the junk drawer, maybe a car battery sitting in the garage. Most people just want to know where all of it should go without breaking any laws or starting a fire. That last part isn’t…