Learn the essential steps to safely jump start a dead car battery using basic equipment and proper safety precautions.

How to Jump Start the Battery I have Milwaukee cordless tools which use 18-volt batteries—that’s about 3 volts more than your car’s alternator generates to charge the battery.

Like traditional gasoline cars, hybrids do have an engine and a battery, but is it actually possible to use those to jump-start another car? We took a look.

It's easy to make mistakes when you're under pressure, and jump-starting a hybrid the wrong way definitely counts as a mistake. Just how bad is it?