Laboratory Technical Project Manager Gianmarco Chumbe has been part of the CNET Home team since 2018. He is in charge of developing and carrying out testing procedures for a wide variety of home ...

Our rigorous lab tests for alkaline and lithium batteries simulate a range of devices with different power needs. These include low-power devices such as a clock or smoke alarm, medium-power devices ...

Why does it always seem like your car battery chooses the day you’re running late to get to work in the cold, dark, snow, or rain to give up the ghost and stop working? You jump in the car ...

We’re all guilty of taking our motorcycle batteries for granted until they eventually run out. Whether it’s through lack of use or the battery is aged and discharging you’ll need a new one ...

If your car battery is playing up, a quick fix is a quality battery charger, but the time may have come for a new battery. Without a battery, your car is, quite literally, a non-starter. Turn the ...

Common battery chemistries such as lithium-ion will degrade over time. As lithium ions shuttle back and forth across the electrode, some will be diverted or trapped. As batteries age, they don’t ...

The clean energy transition is moving at breakneck speed. A little over a decade ago, many dismissed battery technology as too expensive and too limited for widespread adoption. Today, those same ...

Lithium-ion batteries have been in the headlines recently after causing many fires in the city. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about the common rechargeable power sources.

Image art by Paul Gerke. Source material courtesy KORE Power. KORE Power is bailing on its plans for a $1.2 billion lithium-ion battery gigafactory in Arizona and the company’s founder and CEO has ...

Size Remember to consider whether having a lighter, thinner laptop or a touchscreen laptop with a good battery life will be important to you in the future. Size is primarily determined by the ...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced full exemption of Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on cobalt powder, lithium-ion battery waste, lead, zinc, and 12 other critical minerals while ...