These days, we rely more on powered devices than ever. Smartphones are the most obvious example. Not long ago, a dead phone battery was just a minor inconvenience. At worst, you might have a voicemail or two when you got home. Nowadays, we use our phones for all kinds of things. If you don’t have …
Cell phone chargers have changed a lot over the past two decades. Back in the days of flip phones, each manufacturer had their own special standard. If you wanted to charge a Motorola phone, for example, you needed a Motorola charger. This was a headache, and by the late 2000s, manufacturers had finally settled on …
Over the past few years, electric vehicles (EVs) have taken the market by storm. EVs have actually been around for almost as long as the automobile. In the year 1900, the majority of New York City’s taxi fleet were electric. Range wasn’t that much shorter than today’s EVs. One model, the American Morrison, had a …
Keeping your phone battery charged is harder than it’s ever been. Back in the days of flip phones, we didn’t use them as much. A phone was for calling and texting, and that was it. Sure, you had to deal with annoying proprietary chargers. But you only had to charge your phone every couple of …
These days, we rely heavily on our smartphones and tablets. You used to use your phone for calls and texts, and that was about it. Unless you were going on vacation, you didn’t normally worry about maintaining a full charge. You’d plug your phone in overnight every couple of days and leave it at that. …