Crash Tests Indicate Nation’s Guardrail System Can’t Handle Heavy Electric Vehicles February 2, 2024 By Margery A. Beck Electric vehicles that typically weigh more than gasoline-powered cars can easily crash through steel highway guardrails that are not designed...
Tesla’s Recall of 2 Million Vehicles to Fix its Autopilot System Uses Technology that May Not Work December 21, 2023 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) — Tesla’s recall of more than 2 million of its electric vehicles — an effort to have drivers...
Consumer Reports: Electric Vehicles Less Reliable, on Average, than Conventional Cars and Trucks November 30, 2023 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles have proved far less reliable, on average, than gasoline-powered cars, trucks and SUVs, according to...
Tesla Engineer Defends ‘Full Self-Driving’ Name at Crash Trial October 6, 2023 By Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin A Tesla engineer in court on Wednesday rejected a lawyer’s suggestion that the company named its driver-assistant feature “Full Self-Driving”...
EV Broken? Finding a Technician to Fix it May Take a While September 6, 2023 By Nick Carey, Paul Lienert and Giulio Piovaccari A global shortage of technicians and independent repair shops qualified to fix electric vehicles (EV) threatens to increase repair and...
Burning Car Carrier Towed to Temporary Location off Dutch Coast July 31, 2023 AMSTERDAM – A burning car carrier off the Dutch coast has been towed to a new location away from shipping...
Industry Group to Write Standards for Tesla Electric Vehicle Plug, Stepping Toward Widespread Use June 28, 2023 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) – A key U.S. automotive industry organization says it will set performance standards for Tesla’s electric vehicle charging...
Calif. Jury Set to Decide Test Case in Tesla Autopilot Crash April 21, 2023 By Hyunjoo Jin, Dan Levine and Abhirup Roy LOS ANGELES — A California state court jury began deliberating on Thursday in what appears to be the first trial...
Scratched EV Battery? Your Insurer May Have to Junk the Whole Car March 20, 2023 By Nick Carey, Paul Lienert and Sarah McFarlane LONDON/DETROIT — For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or assess even slightly damaged battery packs after...
Tesla Recalls 362,000 U.S. Vehicles over Full Self-Driving Software February 17, 2023 By David Shepardson Tesla Inc. will recall more than 362,000 U.S. vehicles to update its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software after U.S. regulators...