As an energy and sustainability expert who has been driving EVs since 2014, I am committed to electric cars. But I won’t lie: My experience as an early adopter hasn’t been a totally smooth one. In fact, a few events almost made me swear off electric cars. My first-generation hybrid came with lighter tires to boost fuel efficiency—but they were also pothole sensitive and kept blowing out. When I bought a second-generation EV, everything was going great until a faulty software update made the car sporadically reject level-two chargers, with...

Tesla’s much-awaited plans for an affordable car include a stripped-down version of its best-selling electric SUV, the Model Y, that will be made in the United States, but the production launch has been delayed, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Tesla has promised affordable vehicles beginning in the first half of the year, offering a potential boost to flagging sales. Global production of the lower-cost Model Y, internally codenamed E41, is expected to begin in the US, the sources said, but it would be at least months...

In Los Angeles, where I live, you don’t expect to be heckled while driving an electric car to the grocery store. But on a recent afternoon, a couple of men on bikes saw the Tesla logo on the front of my car and shouted “Fuck you, Tesla guy” as I rolled by with the windows down. I bought my Tesla Model 3 in 2019, after my wife and I moved from New York to L.A. and needed a car. Not willing to burn gasoline, we got the most practical EV...

Trevor Milton, the founder of electric vehicle start-up Nikola who was sentenced to prison last year, was pardoned by President Donald Trump late Thursday, the White House confirmed Friday. The pardon of Milton, who was sentenced to four years in prison last year for exaggerating the potential of his technology, could wipe out hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution that prosecutors were seeking for defrauded investors. Milton had not been incarcerated pending an appeal. Milton said late Thursday on social media and via a press release that he had...

Signs are increasing that China is outpacing competitors, including the United States, in electric vehicle innovation and not just in copying and subsidizing technologies as its manufacturers roll out new and advanced features. China’s apparent position at the frontier of EV technology suggests that the U.S. government’s policies to prevent China from dominating markets are outdated. The latest sign that China is ahead in technology came last week when the country’s leading EV manufacturer, BYD, launched a new charging system that can charge an EV in five minutes. That is...

Elon Musk and ex-wife Justine Wilson run in separate circles, according to their daughter, Vivian Wilson . In an interview with published on March 20, Vivian — one of Musk's 14 children with four different women — said she and her mom don't interact often with the Tesla CEO, 53. (The pair, who tied the knot in 2000, separated in 2008.) "I don't keep up with that side of the family because … I don't," Vivian, 20, said. "My mom doesn't really either. She's divorced, werk." "So yeah. I don't...