PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- When you brake on a normal gas-powered vehicle and the brake pads or shoes put pressure on the rotors, the act creates thermal energy, or simply put, heat. It's basically wasted ...

You may have heard that electric cars have actually been around way longer than the gasoline-chugging vehicles we all love. However, are you aware that modern EVs are not the first to utilize ...

Regenerative braking is one of the neatest features on electric vehicles. By running the motor backwards (in essence), it becomes a generator that puts electricity back into the battery while ...

While the use of EV's electric motors to act as generators to recharge vehicle batteries during deceleration seems superficially obvious, engineer Jeremy Fielding goes into the details of how and why ...

Two of the key selling points of hybrid and electric vehicles are that they’re both more energy-efficient and, over time, need less maintenance than regular internal combustion engine vehicles. Both ...

Regeneration is a wild concept. Young minds often explode when learning that some amazing starfish can grow new arms if one gets chomped off; the details of why and how come later. Similarly, many of ...

A regenerative braking system recovers kinetic energy that would otherwise be lost when you brake. In an electric car, some of this energy can be harnessed by the motor – and that effectively means ...

General Motors has released a video instructing owners of the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV on how to get the most out of the compact car’s standard regenerative braking system. Regenerative braking is ...

Cars are getting streamlined and minimalist. We’ve seen approval for vehicles without a steering wheel or pedals in the effort to make cars with increased autonomous capabilities. But now, automakers ...

A teenage driver in California recently failed his driving test not for something he did but rather something that the Tesla Model 3 dd while he was driving. Speaking with KPIX, 16-year-old Bruce ...