Canadian startup Edison Motors is working on a kit that turns any old pickup truck into an extended-range EV. An EREV works the same as a regular electric car, but also has a combustion engine that ...

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Merck & Co (MSD) has taken the first of two possible plunges in its ongoing collaboration with Evaxion, gaining the rights to a mystery infectious disease vaccine candidate. The US big pharma decided ...

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When General Motors introduced the High Energy Ignition (HEI) distributor in the mid-1970s, it was revolutionary. So much so that it still has a strong following among today's hot rodders. Like other ...

“Runs good!” You’ve seen that a lot of times looking at Craigslist ads for cars and motorcycles, especially older ones. But what does that even mean? Why wouldn’t it “run good,” anyways Shouldn’t ...

A battery in a traditional car cannot directly create engine spark. It’s only rated at 12 volts, after all, so it needs a little help boosting the signal to the spark plugs. To make that happen, a car ...

Stockholm (AFP) – Sweden's beleaguered electric car battery maker Northvolt said Monday it would cut a quarter of its staff in the country, as it struggles with strained finances and a slowdown in ...

California-based startup Enteligent is taking pre-orders for what it calls the world’s first solar DC-to-DC electric vehicle chargers. The unit can take power from a photovoltaic array and send it ...

A recent email inquiring if an electric eel can kill a person jolted my memory and I recalled an encounter I wrote about several years ago. I was 11 years old, behind the scenes at the Fort Worth Zoo ...