WASHINGTON - The battery that caught fire in a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 in Boston earlier this month was not overcharged, but government investigators said there could still be problems with wiring or other charging components.

Q: Does it affect your iPhone’s battery life when you charge it every night? I have found a lot of conflicting answers on the web. — Madeline

I’m typing this very quietly. I don’t want my car to know I’m talking to you about it.

Mesa drivers now have access to eight electric vehicle charging stations in the city. The new Blink chargers were installed in October and are located at three city facilities including the Main Public Library, 64 E. 1st St.; Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main St.; and Mesa Convention Center, 263 N. Center St.

Everyone complains about gas prices yet the U.S. has imported oil since 1970. Gas cars are only 20 percent efficient, wasting the rest in heat, friction and pollution. If anyone is to blame it’s the big vehicles that waste the most and are most dangerous to everyone.

DETROIT — Gasoline prices are headed for record highs this spring. If that happens, a new, more fuel-efficient car may be worth the investment.

Q: I got a new laptop battery. What is the best way to condition it? I use my laptop as a desktop with a port replicator. It's always plugged in. - Brian

Since Jim Stack bought his new Nissan six months ago, he’s come to enjoy watching fuel prices bounce around.

So what do you do when you have three kids and no electricity anywhere for miles around?

The first hybrid-electric buses in the Valley will hit the streets of Tempe later this month, and they should be easy spot whether you’re a passenger or driving behind one.

Jack Condon was taking about 30 pills a day to control his Parkinson’s disease just two months ago. Now he’s down to 10. Not only has Condon cut down his medications, but he is also golfing again.

With summer and looming triple temperatures fast approaching, it's time to start thinking about preparing your vehicle for the extreme heat that will take its toll on your vehicle. As anyone who's been there can attest, nothing can spoil your day like being stranded on the side of the road in 100-plus degree heat, especially when you know it could have been prevented with a dose of preventative care.

With summer and looming triple temperatures fast approaching, it's time to start thinking about preparing your vehicle for the extreme heat that will take its toll on your vehicle. As anyone who's been there can attest, nothing can spoil your day like being stranded on the side of the road in 100-plus degree heat, especially when you know it could have been prevented with a dose of preventative care.

With the price of oil spiking every year and the constant wars caused by the need to consume it, is it worth the trouble when we can change this oil-driven lifestyle?

As the rollouts of the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf approach, it is a stretch to say that the East Valley will soon be a mecca of electric car activity — but it does figure to be a hub.

Ahwatukee Foothills resident Glenn Schulke unfolds a supple 4-foot nylon sheet, into which circuitry for capturing solar energy has been woven, and slaps it down on a table.

Ahwatukee Foothills resident Glenn Schulke unfolds a supple 4-foot nylon sheet, into which circuitry for capturing solar energy has been woven, and slaps it down on a table.

Ahwatukee Foothills resident Glenn Schulke unfolds a supple 4-foot nylon sheet, into which circuitry for capturing solar energy has been woven, and slaps it down on a table.

The newest exhibition worth seeing at Arizona Science Center may be on the small side, but it brings home a great, big idea: the science and vision behind the Progressive Automotive Insurance X Prize, a $10 million contest to produce a “clean” vehicle that achieves a fuel economy of 100 miles per gallon, or its clean-energy equivalent.

SALT LAKE CITY — Want some solar energy with your geothermal?

“Tribune, great piece on school tax credits, but now my blood pressure is up. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The government is broke, no more tax breaks for anyone, especially the well-off. If you can’t pay for your kid’s school, then they go to a public school like the majority of us send our children to.”