), two primary methods are commonly used: Alternating Current (AC) and Direct Current (DC) charging. Both serve the same purpose—recharging the EV’s battery—but they operate in fundamentally different ...

The battery as we know it today was an invention of Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta. He witnessed electricity splitting water into its constituent elements of oxygen and hydrogen and ...

Understanding the intricacies of electricity and how it works in relation to electric vehicles (EVs) can be confusing. Before I bought a Mitsubishi i-MiEV and before I started heavily reporting on EVs ...

The harnessing of electricity has played a pivotal role in human history and has exponentially expedited our growth as a species. Since becoming a household commodity in the late 19th century, ...

Electric vehicles have their own terminology — some colloquial, some technical — that can be mysterious and confusing to the uninitiated. Knowing what these terms mean is key to deciding not only ...

Batteries aren't one-size-fits-all, and neither is the way they're wired to your house. Here's what you should know about AC- and DC-coupling. When we think about solar panels and batteries, we don't ...

Power relays are specifically designed to handle either AC or DC. It’s important to know the fundamental differences between them before building them into a system. Introduction to AC and DC Power ...

As the story goes, the rock band AC/DC took its name from a label on an old sewing machine in the Young brothers’ home. It must have meant that the machine could run on either alternating-current or ...