What to Do When the Car Battery Dies and the Car Won't Start?

[GiannaRose]

Solutions for when the car battery dies and the car won't start: 1. Push-starting can be used as an emergency measure, though this only applies to manual transmission vehicles; 2. Jump-starting by borrowing another car's battery with jumper cables; 3. Using a portable emergency power bank to charge and start the car. A car battery, also known as a storage battery, is a type of battery that works by converting chemical energy into electrical energy. Car batteries are categorized into conventional lead-acid batteries, dry-charged batteries, and maintenance-free batteries. Typically, when people refer to a car battery, they mean a lead-acid battery. The normal service life of a car battery ranges from 1 to 8 years, depending largely on the vehicle's condition. Taking conventional lead-acid batteries as an example, their plates are made of lead and lead oxide, with the electrolyte being an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid. The main advantage of these batteries is stable voltage, while the disadvantages include low specific energy (the amount of electrical energy stored per kilogram of battery), short service life, and frequent maintenance requirements.