When the plug-in Toyota Prius hybrid went on sale in 2012, its rechargeable battery pack and petrol engine combo was hailed ...

You probably have at least ten three-pins plugs in your home, and more at work, but have you ever stopped to look at the pins? You'll notice that one of the three is longer than the others. Find out ...

A pro-Brexit radio caller has hit back at critics saying he believes the UK will be better able to set its own safety standards once it is not part of the EU. Listeners were left baffled last night ...

Over the decades, many of the appliances it powers have become slimmed-down, compact or flat. But the British three-pin plug has remained exactly the same size – very bulky. Until now, that is, as an ...

Brits will be able to purchase a folding plug at the end of the month, to replace the traditional bulky three-pin plugs for smartphone devices. Brits will be able to purchase a folding plug at the end ...

The three-pin plug is a fine British thing. None of your Continental slightness or American economy, with their suggestions of flimsy gimcrack: just the two pins indeed! The three-pin is a marvel of ...

The Malta Standards Authority has reminded economic operators of their obligations to provide and place on the market only electrical equipment and appliances equipped with appropriate three-pin, ...

Over the next 10 to 50 years, South Africa’s current three-pronged triangular electrical plug will be replaced by a safer hexagonal plug. South Africa has relied heavily on the current three-pronged, ...

We love creature comforts. Though we openly lament the complexity of our daily drivers we think nothing of heaping electrical devices on our fun cars. We'll go way out of our way to get power windows, ...

The UAE will restrict the entry of appliances and electrical equipment with two-pin plugs in 2012, the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (ESMA) said on Saturday. Following a meeting ...