His 15-year-old hybrid car needed a new high-voltage battery. Different from the 12-volt or so under a car hood, the ...

As more hybrids hit the road every year, the number of dead hybrid batteries is rising too. Here is what happens when a hybrid's battery runs out.

Every hybrid car, like most EVs that have followed them, has two batteries. There’s the ordinary battery, which is the same as what will be found in any ICE car. It powers all the electrics.

Although hybrid cars use both a gas engine and an electric motor, fully electric vehicles (EVs or BEVs) use no gasoline and rely solely on a battery-powered electric motor. Think of hybrids as a ...

What authorities described as one of the largest lithium-ion battery cleanups ever is underway in Los Angeles County ...

One of the biggest cleanup challenges from the Southern California fires is lithium-ion batteries, which can explode after ...

By now, there are a lot of hybrids that have outlived their batteries. People looking to purchase an aging hybrid (or get the most out of the older car they already own) likely want to know if a ...