Unfortunately, damaging electrical connectors can be fairly easy, especially with older cars. Age, heat, and previous repairs weaken the plastics to the point of croissant-like brittleness.

Nearly 1,000 examples of the China-made 2025 Polestar 3 have been produced with engine bay harness inline connectors that may ...

Charging an electric car is virtually always greener than pumping gasoline, but it can also be more complicated. Among standardized AC charging (in North America), multiple standards for DC fast ...

Other manufacturers followed with connector designs of their own and now it’s plain impossible to work on any car without encountering electrical connectors.

From your description, the loss of engine power and poor acceleration suggest that the ECU may not be responding accurately to sensor input ...

Match the connector to the wire size, but most automotive wiring uses 12- or 14-ga. wire and customarily the corresponding connector has a blue insulator.

The mobile connector or wallbox (sometimes called EVSE for the sake of tax credits, rebates, or electrical work) will test the circuit when you plug it in, to ensure that it's properly grounded ...

Automotive Mil-Spec wiring is derived from the standardized and certificated wiring that is used in Military and Aerospace applications.

Electric vehicles have their own terminology that can be mysterious and confusing to the uninitiated. Knowing what these terms mean is key to deciding if an EV is right for you — and which one.

Maybe they could even trigger the safety systems in passenger cars as those vehicles get too close to underride guards. In the search for a new generation of electrical connectors that is backward ...

For many potential EV buyers one of the most confusing aspects of ownership are the multiple charging connectors. Unlike traditional internal combustion engined cars that all use similar filler ...

The Department of Energy (DOE) reports that the US now has over 20,000 electric car charging stations with more than 68,800 connectors. The new numbers were released by the DOE this week: “As of ...