There’s a drivetrain on it! We go over the battery, sensors, and other components that make your electric bicycle go.

How does electricity work in a phone or computer? While this explains devices in our homes, how do mobile devices maintain an electric charge throughout the day?

The importance of electricity in our modern world can hardly be overstated. What was a luxury a hundred years ago is now a ...

What is electricity, and how does it work? What does it mean for electricity to seek a path to ground? These answers and more, plus a brief history of the War of the Currents, inside.

Share Bernie's Basics How electricity makes things work Without electricity our appliances are just lumps of plastic and metal. But what does electricity really do? How does it make things work ...

The first documentation of static electricity dates back to 600 BCE. Even after 2,600 years’ worth of tiny shocks, however, researchers couldn’t fully explain how rubbing two objects together ...

The first basic electric motor was developed way back in the 1820s, and the remaining electric-car components came about in subsequent years. However, they never culminated in an actual electric ...

And electric cars can deliver most of their torque starting at low RPMs, while gas-engine cars need to be revved up to deliver maximum acceleration.