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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…

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…

Subaru on Friday said its next electric SUV will be called the 2026 Trailseeker. It will debut at the New York International Auto Show this month. 

Electric starup Polestar may be seeing a bit of a resurgence this year, but it's also pumping the brakes hard in the world's largest EV market.

The electric vehicle space is quickly moving out of the "expensive spaceship" paradigm as battery-powered cars become more common and more affordable. But the updated 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 6 proves that not every spaceship needs to be expensive—and this electric sedan certainly looks like one. 

China’s electric carmakers are outclassing their Western competition so much that it’s almost not news at this point. But their technological supremacy hit such a crescendo in recent weeks that even people who aren’t car nerds had no choice but to perk up. 

The Optiq is Cadillac’s entry-level electric crossover. With a starting price of around $55,000, it’s also the cheapest EV in the American luxury automaker’s portfolio, so it has the biggest potential to become a best-seller.

This year, global trade is undergoing major restructuring amid President Trump’s tariffs on America’s trading partners. The historically strong transatlantic partnership between the U.S. and Europe is now faltering amid the trade war. China might be looking for ways to pull Europe closer, especially with regard to electric vehicles.