A half-dozen batteries sit on a pallet on the shop floor headed for the recycler. All six considered “dead” by the normal standards because none would take a charge — or the shop’s battery charger ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. All car batteries lose power over time. This isn’t a factor when the car is driven regularly, allowing the alternator to ...

First, let’s clear the air: Optimate is not Optima. The former is a European-engineered brand of battery chargers; the latter is a maker of those red-and-yellow AGM batteries you’ve probably seen in ...