To start your car you need a car battery that is sufficiently charged. This must have enough energy to turn the starter and thus ignite the engine. However, if the battery fails, the engine can still ...

A dead car battery can ruin your day, but jump starting your car is one of the simplest fixes you can do yourself. Whether you left your lights on overnight or your battery finally gave up after years ...

Make sure you know what your positive (+) and negative (-) battery terminals are, as the jumper cables will have to attach to them. Jumper cables are red and black for a reason. The black wire ...

Winter is coming — and we’re not talking about the ominous refrain from “Game of Thrones.” We are, however, talking about the season of sore throats, frozen pipes...and dead car batteries. If you do ...

One of the most useful tools for your safety and peace of mind while driving a vehicle is a portable jump starter. It wasn’t that far in the past that if you went to start your car and found the ...

Although you should probably just keep a set of jump leads and a spare $20 in your car, it turns out there’s a non-conventional way to revive a dead battery, using a dozen AAs, a little soldering, and ...

Odds are, if you're a frequent Jalopnik reader, you probably don't need a drag queen to teach you how to jump start your car, but RuPaul isn't just any old drag queen. RuPaul is a Black man, and one ...

All modern vehicles rely on a battery system to help get the wheels moving. For most cars with internal combustion engines, these devices are 12-volt batteries. The vehicle depends on the battery to ...