Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Douglas Sacha / Getty Images Cigarette lighter adapter. All cigarette lighter sockets are also 12v sockets, which means that you ...

In the past, it was rarely used for anything other than powering the onboard cigarette lighter; today, it’s an indispensable source of power for countless electronics, including our smartphones.

Hyundai Motor said Thursday it would stop putting cigarette lighter sockets in cars made for the domestic market in favour of a USB power point. The South Korean auto giant said its decision would ...