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How can I charge the car battery?
1 of 11: Have you looked around inside the garage yet?
2 of 11: Have you tried to do anything with the bicycle yet?
3 of 11: If you click on the pedals, they will revolve, and the headlamp will light up.
4 of 11: Hmm... Seems the bicycle has a small working generator (dynamo) attached to it -- which may be able to generate a tiny bit of electricity.
5 of 11: The only way to charge the battery is from the small dynamo on the bicycle. You can't remove the bicycle from the garage, so you'll need to bring the battery to the bicycle.
6 of 11: Click on the car's "boot" (trunk, for Americans) to open it. Then click on the battery to take it into inventory.
7 of 11: Back in the garage -- look for a spot where can you set the battery, while it's charging.
8 of 11: Set the battery down on the small pallet near the rear of the bicycle.
9 of 11: If you look carefully, you can see small, thin wires running from the dynamo, up along the frame of the bicycle, to the headlamp.
10 of 11: Click once on the dynamo, and the wires will be switched from the headlamp to the battery lying on the pallet.
11 of 11: Now click on the bicycle's pedal, and watch a brief animation showing the battery charging. Believe it or not, this will be enough of a charge for the car battery.
