Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.

Crucially, the silver remained in its positively charged ionic form rather than becoming metallic again. The researchers ...

Simple is almost always better. It's why lithium-ion EV batteries use copper to bring the electrons from inside the cell to where they're needed to go. Solid state batteries, though, couldn't use ...