EV launches and reviews, charging infrastructure, batteries, autonomous vehicles, and the future of transportation.
Preconditioning warms a Tesla's cabin and battery before you drive or fast charge. Plugged in, the energy comes from the wall and costs you no range. Unplugged, it runs off the pack and only above 20 percent. Tesla's own manual says to allow 30 to 45 minutes, and a warm pack fast-charges in roughly the time a cold one spends just heating up. Here is how it works, what it costs and why it sometimes does not run.
Should you charge your Tesla to 80, 90 or 100 percent? The answer depends on which battery is in your car, and the published calendar-aging data says the 80-versus-90 choice matters far less than most owners think. This is what the chemistry, Tesla's own manual and the fleet data say.
Charging at home costs about 5 cents a mile. Public charging averages about 11, which is roughly what gasoline costs. That single gap decides most of the EV ownership math, and this guide walks through all of it: levels, plugs, Superchargers, home-wiring safety rules, and the popping noises that are completely normal.
Every guide says winter tires cost an electric car 5 to 10 percent of its range. None of them says what that number was measured against. Here is what the regulated data actually shows, and how to read the one figure that tells you the answer for a specific tire.
At 20°F an electric car loses about 12% of its range with the heater off and about 41% with it on. Roughly two-thirds of what you lose is spent warming the cabin, not the battery, which is why the fixes most guides recommend are the wrong ones.
Tesla stretched the Model Y by seven inches and added a third row, and the range barely moved. The number Tesla has not published is the one that decides whether the six-seat layout is worth $22,000 more than a base Model Y.
Used electric cars were supposed to crash in 2026 as lease returns flooded the lots. Instead the cheap ones climbed almost 20 percent while the expensive ones kept sinking. The split says something specific about who is buying.
A car with a 75 kWh battery under the floor can be immobilised by a 45 Ah lead-acid brick and eleven minutes of billable labour. The reason is a chicken-and-egg problem in the wiring, and Tesla's own manual puts the monitoring burden on the owner.
Tesla sold more cars than ever last quarter and still burned through 1.1 billion dollars in cash, its first cash-burning quarter since early 2024. Revenue hit a record while operating profit fell 57 percent. The gap is a 5.8 billion dollar capital-spending spree on robotaxis, AI, and Optimus that has turned the world's most profitable EV maker into something that spends like a hyperscaler.
No. The $7,500 new and $4,000 used federal EV credits died for vehicles acquired after September 30, 2025, and the home-charger credit followed on June 30, 2026. What's left: a loan-interest deduction worth a few hundred dollars a year, and a shrinking map of state programs.
Every new electric car unveiled for the US market, tracked in one continuously updated hub. Verified prices, ranges, and on-sale dates transcribed from manufacturer press releases, from the $24,950 Slate Truck to Ferrari's first EV.
The $7,500 EV tax credit is gone, but interest on a new car loan is now deductible, up to $10,000 a year, if the vehicle was assembled in the US. Here is the model-by-model eligibility list, the real dollar math, and the income limits.
Tesla just posted its best second quarter in company history and the stock had its worst day in a year. The two-year math, the US sales decline, and the Model Y L launch all tell the same story: the recovery is real, but it is not happening at home.
Australians bought more used EVs in March than dealers had listed for sale. Stock fell 38% in 30 days, leaving 28.6 days of supply. The Iran oil shock exposed the fact that Australia's used EV market never had any depth to begin with.
Tesla confirmed on its Q1 2026 earnings call that Hardware 3 cannot achieve unsupervised Full Self-Driving. Roughly 4 million cars are affected. The fix requires replacing the computer and cameras, and Tesla plans to build micro-factories to handle the volume. Meanwhile, HW4 Plus was announced in the same call, starting the same hardware obsolescence cycle over again.
The Iran war oil shock did what EV advocates always predicted: it made the world go electric. Europe's used EV enquiries jumped 28%. China's NEV share is headed to 58%. But US new EV sales fell 28% and BEV share dropped to 5.2%. America welded its own escape hatch shut.
Honda just scrapped $5.1 billion in Ohio EV infrastructure. Volvo pulled its $35,000 EX30. US BEV share has collapsed to 5.6%. The only affordable cars left burn $4 gasoline nobody can afford either.
The March 2026 Strait of Hormuz blockade exposed the fatal financial flaw of internal combustion engine ownership. Driving an ICE vehicle is operating under an adjustable-rate mortgage tied to global warfare. EVs, backed by localized grids, finally delivered the ultimate 30-year fixed-rate commute.
An in-depth analysis of how the $115 Brent Crude oil shock and looming recession won't save gas cars, but will instead trigger the extinction of legacy Western automakers who refused to vertically integrate.
Tesla killed the Model S and Model X. Used prices immediately climbed 10%. Meanwhile, 329,000 lease returns are about to flood the lot with Model 3s and Model Ys. Same brand, opposite price trajectories, same quarter. The used Tesla market is splitting in two.
The Trump administration's 100% "Buy America" mandate for EV chargers sounds patriotic. The problem? 100% domestic EV chargers do not exist. A deep dive into how a protectionist mandate is designed to freeze $5 billion in infrastructure funds.
US electric vehicle sales collapsed 40% in late 2025, sending legacy luxury automakers into a panic. But underneath the hardware recession, the infrastructure layer is experiencing an unprecedented boom driven by 5.8 million existing drivers.
The March 2026 Strait of Hormuz blockade proved a harsh reality. As global oil prices spiked toward $90 and nations faced fuel shortages, electric vehicles insulated owners from a geopolitical crisis using local grid power.
The current electric vehicle market slump is masking a much larger structural crisis in subprime auto lending. As private credit buckles under the weight of negative equity, a rare opportunity is emerging for cash buyers at wholesale auctions.
