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What's your biggest issue with owning and driving an electric vehicle? I'm guessing it's related to public charging, and you're not alone. Fast chargers are getting better, but there still aren't enough of them across the country—and they don't always work.  And nothing is worse than arriving at a station…

Most people who just drive their cars every day or buy a new one every decade or so never see this, but the automotive industry works off a global rules-based order. Safety regulations tell the car companies what they can and cannot build; the same is true for emissions regulations.…

The Hyundai Motor Group is planning to develop and manufacture its own electric vehicle battery cells amid growing concerns of falling behind in the battery race, according to a local news report from South Korea. The decision was reportedly made after Chinese EV and battery giant BYD showcased its megawatt…

Tesla is rolling out a big software update to its cars this spring, which finally enables adaptive high-beam headlights on compatible models in the United States and Canada. The feature was introduced last year in Europe, and now it will be activated stateside when software version 2024.2 is beamed over…

Electric cars are a lot less complicated than their combustion-powered counterparts, at least when it comes to the number of moving parts and maintenance needs. There are almost no liquids to change and the brake pads can last hundreds of thousands of miles, but they often need specialized service technicians…

Tesla stopped taking orders for new Model S and Model X in China late last week, marking another step toward the two models’ impending demise. The American electric car maker didn’t officially announce the change, but its Chinese website was updated late last week with the removal of the order…

Subaru feels like a brand that's tailor-made to do well in the electric vehicle arms race. Its fans are often outdoorsy, environmentally minded, attracted to superior traction control and interested in performance. But so far, Subaru has been a bit player at best in the EV scene. It has just…

Suppose there's such a thing as the iPhone of cars. If that exists at all, it's assuredly the Tesla Model Y. Tesla's midsize electric crossover has earned its stripes as the world's best-selling electric vehicle (and best-selling single model of car, period) for its unassailable combination of range, power, tech features,…

Right now, thanks to tariffs, very few Chinese-made cars are sold in the United States. But if Michigan's freshman U.S. senator has her way, that number will go down to zero.

If tariffs and major policy changes have anything to say about it, 2025 could be a rocky year for electric vehicle sales. But so far, in the first three months of the year, things are looking pretty good. 

Since President Donald Trump’s sweeping automotive tariffs were announced, we’ve seen plenty of denial, anger and bargaining. Depression is setting in. With the other four stages of grief sorted, let’s focus on acceptance. Accept, at least for argument’s sake, that an auto-market contraction will be a result of this trade…