For most of us, starting our car is (or should be) completely uneventful. You turn a key or press a button, then the engine just starts. However, there was a time when cars had to be manually started.

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Vehicle alternators are interesting beasts. Produced on a massive scale, these electric machines are available for a minimum of cost and contain all kinds of great parts: some power electronics and a ...

What better way to enjoy a waning summer evening than by jumping into your vintage Pontiac and heading to a local cruise-in for a few cold beverages and a burger off the grill? If that sounds like fun ...

This gear-reduction starter (left) is a lightweight drop-in replacement for the older starter that failed. By spinning the armature faster and reducing its output speed with a planetary gearbox, it's ...

Starter motors aren’t typically a great choice for motorized projects, as they’re designed to give engines a big strong kick for a few seconds. Driving them continuously can often quickly overheat ...

You hop in your Dodge diesel and turn the key only to be greeted with a click-click sound, instead of the more familiar whirring of your starter motor. Something is wrong. You somehow knew that the ...

A Jeep Wrangler with a plug and an electric motor is finally here. The Wrangler 4xe—pronounced "four-by-e," like "four-by-four"—mixes a battery, electric motor, and turbocharged gas I-4 engine to ...

Editor's note: Stan Hanel is a veteran of the electronics industry and active advocate of electric vehicle technologies. This column is the first of a regular series that will appear in Drive.