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There’s nothing normal about riding in a vehicle that actually, really drives itself.

It seems like the only thing more unpredictable than Tesla's stock this month is what direction the U.S. will go with automotive tariffs. One minute, the industry is getting a pass, the next, tariffs are back on the menu. It's an exhausting loop, honestly, and if we're tired of it,…

 

Brooklyn-based electric mobility startup Revel has big plans to expand its EV charging infrastructure outside of its home city. That started in earnest on Monday with the opening of the firm's first charging hub in California. 

Charging out in the wild is about to get a whole lot easier for Hyundai's electric vehicle owners in the U.S. On Tuesday, the automaker announced that its EVs can now utilize over 20,000 Tesla Supercharging stations and that the adapters required will be going out to eligible owners soon. 

Electric vehicles are off to a great start in Europe after a rocky performance last year. That’s despite Tesla sales cratering in the first two months of 2025, which means other automakers like BMW, MG and Renault have picked up the slack from what has traditionally been the EV king.

I had to call 911 when my $600 Segway Ninebot electric scooter got stolen recently in broad daylight. The NYPD officers who showed up at the crime scene in South Brooklyn were, coincidentally, the same ones who two weeks later pulled me over in my neighborhood when I was driving…

The fact that the Tesla Model Y was the world’s best-selling vehicle for two years in a row is no accident. For a while now, it’s offered a nearly unbeatable combination of range, tech features, pricing, practicality and outright performance—always the top target in the electric vehicle space.

Last year, Chinese automaker BYD cast a shadow on other manufacturers when it managed to out-produce EV juggernaut Tesla. And now, BYD has managed to do it again, but this time square in the pocketbook. Its revenue has now surpassed Tesla as well, hitting a cool $107 billion for 2024…

This is the new Smart #5. No, it’s not the fifth model in the Chinese automaker’s portfolio, which makes things rather confusing. But it is the largest, so there’s that.

Electric vehicles have completely different powertrains versus combustion-powered cars, but that's not stopping automakers from trying to mimic the sensations that most drivers are used to. Case in point: Ford's new patent application, published on March 20, reveals the finer points of a good ol' stick shift for EVs. Of…