Powered by a 6A lithium battery of its own, the 12V smart charger is controlled using a built-in LED display that shows the current, voltage, temperature, battery power, and more in real time.

Although modern chargers are generally very safe and should be drawing minimal standby power, consider unplugging them anyway ...

Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithium-ion battery ...

Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithium-ion battery ...

In 2023, a flight from Dallas to Orlando, Florida, made an emergency landing in Jacksonville, Florida, after a battery caught fire in an overhead bin. Southwest said that requiring these chargers ...

Some research suggests that portable chargers might be the second-leading cause of battery fires on planes, only behind electronic cigarettes. Compared to the roughly 180,000 flights U.S. airlines ...

A passenger's battery charger caught fire on a JetBlue flight from Florida to the Bahamas. Crew on the Airbus A320-200 put out the fire, which caused smoke in the cabin. The Bahamas Air Accident ...

In 2023, a flight from Dallas to Orlando, Florida, made an emergency landing in Jacksonville, Florida, after a battery caught fire in an overhead bin. Southwest said that requiring these chargers ...

The Taiwan-made electric vehicle is expected to go on sale in Australia and New Zealand in the second half of 2026 Foxconn, the maker of Apple's iPhones, has announced plans to produce electric ...