EVs and plug-in hybrids accounted for 25.4% of California new car sales in the second quarter of 2023, reports electric vehicle advocacy group Veloz. The actual number of vehicles with charge ports sold was 125,939, representing a new quarterly record for California, which typically leads the U.S. in plug-in car sales. The Q2 total was a 59%... One of four new California vehicles has a charge port
EVs and plug-in hybrids accounted for 25.4% of California new car sales in the second quarter of 2023, reports electric vehicle advocacy group Veloz. The actual number of vehicles with charge ports sold was 125,939, representing a new quarterly record for California, which typically leads the U.S. in plug-in car sales. The Q2 total was a 59%... 
Beginning August 1, Costco members can get discounts of thousands of dollars on new Audi EVs. The discount applies to purchases or leases of 2023 and 2024 Audi models, including all of the luxury brand's EVs. The biggest discount—$5,000—goes to the E-Tron GT and RS E-Tron GT sedans. Because it shares the J1 platform with the Porsche... 
Some Manhattan elected officials are calling for EVs to get a break on congestion pricing when it goes into effect in 2024, reports Streetsblog New York City. New York City is poised to become the first U.S. city to implement congestion pricing, levying extra tolls on vehicles traveling into the central borough of Manhattan under a program... 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into alleged loss of steering control in 2023 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y electric cars. The investigation—officially known as a Preliminary Evaluation—is based on 12 complaints alleging steering issues in the affected vehicles. Five complaints... 
Tesla is seeking nearly $100 million in U.S. government funding to build nine semi-truck charging stations on a route from the southern border of Texas to the automaker's original factory in Fremont, California, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The plan reportedly calls for each site to have eight 750-kw chargers for the Tesla Semi plus four chargers... 
Ford is lowering its 2023 EV production targets, pointing to vehicle prices as a reason for the slowdown. The automaker now expects to be building 600,000 EVs a year sometime in 2024, Ford CEO Jim Farley said Monday in a discussion of the automaker's quarterly earnings report. Ford has been saying since 2021 (when it doubled EV targets) that it... 
Tesla owners still love their cars, but they're souring on CEO Elon Musk, a new survey finds. Bloomberg recently rebooted a survey of 5,000 Tesla owners it first polled in 2019, and while all of the results are worth reading through in detail for Tesla fans, some trends stand out that relate to the market at large. Asked the same questions, these... 
Bankrupt Lordstown Motors must face a trial over fellow EV firm Karma Automotive's claim that the Ohio-based automaker stole infotainment technology, Reuters reported Thursday. Lordstown filed for bankruptcy in June and had asked U.S. bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath in Wilmington, Delaware, to approve bidding procedures that would allow the company... 
Tesla allegedly equipped its electric cars with misleading range displays and then suppressed owner complaints, according to a Reuters report published Thursday. Citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, the report alleges that, about a decade ago, Tesla began equipping cars with range-estimating algorithms that showed "rosy" projections... 