V inverters will revolutionise off-grid living, camping, and RVing. Off-grid villages need AC electricity to run their appliances, lights, and other devices. Direct current is transformed to ...

But if you use a 48- to 110-volt inverter, you you've decreased your input current by a factor of four, because you're going from 12 to 48.

Hyundai is planning a switch to a 48-volt electrical architecture for all its cars and robots, following in the footsteps of ...

Eaton Corp. announced a series of 48-volt technologies to assist its global on- and off-highway commercial vehicle customers transitioning from traditional 12- and 24-volt vehicle systems to ...

Delphi Automotive has commitments from two automakers to use a new 48-volt battery system on vehicles that will go into production in late 2017, the London-based supplier said.

It isn’t clear yet how elevating 48-volt capability to handle some of a vehicle’s electricity-guzzling components will affect costs at the automaker and consumer levels. But it won’t be cheap.