To those of us who live in the civilized lands where ~230 VAC mains is the norm and we can shove a cool 3.5 kW into an electric kettle without so much as a second thought, the mere idea of trying ...

As electric vehicles become a bigger part of everyday life, owners are discovering new ways to use the energy stored in ...

Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft promise to revolutionize urban transportation by easing traffic ...

With Shelly’s scripting language, plus support for Matter, Wi-Fi, and Zigbee, the Shelly Plug Gen4 promises smart home users ...

The engine in your car, truck, or SUV can run on either copper, platinum, or iridium spark plugs. You probably heard the hype around iridium plugs and how they manage to deliver solid sparks while ...

A private developer has defied the National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) order to stop a construction project on the Nairobi River bank. Last week, the developer disregarded Nema’s stop ...

South Africa is amid a gradual transition to a new electrical plug standard as the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) works to establish a compact, hexagonal design as the primary socket type in ...

Plugging extension cords into other extension cords is another huge "no" in the electrical world. This practice, called " ...

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Mercedes-Benz has launched its first 400 kW public fast-charging hub at a Starbucks in California, supporting both NACS and CCS plugs and adding up to 300 miles in minutes. Mercedes opens first ...

December 10, 2025 • Texas’ top two political officials are lockstep on a new effort to make sure conservative youth organization Turning Point USA can launch at every high school in the state. We’ll ...