EVgo starts building Tesla Superchargers under license

​The V4 Superchargers will show up in the Tesla nav app and have NACS and CCS1 plugs.  For most of its existence, the Tesla Supercharger network was both the automaker’s crown jewel and a walled garden. Tightly integrated to work only with Tesla electric vehicles, the DC fast-charging experience…

Pushing the limits: Infinite Machine’s Olto is barely a bicycle

​Scooter layout makes pedaling a bad experience. But it does have pedals.  The Infinite Machine Olto is a great electric scooter, one with an overall layout that echoes the classic Vespa. It’s comfortable, and it accelerates well, handles nicely, and has a capacious battery. It has a rugged design…

China is Tesla’s cash cow, but for how much longer?

​Tesla’s Shanghai factory is busier than ever but might be cut loose.  Tesla’s factory in Shanghai had its best June ever, according to the China Passenger ⁠Car Association. Tesla built 93,579 cars in China that month, a hefty 38 percent increase compared to June 2025, according to CPCA’s data.…

How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark

​Automotive lights are better than they’ve ever been, but there’s a trade-off.  Every so often, I’ll be piloting some sensor-laden, software-defined press car down a dark stretch of highway when an oncoming driver’s high beams arrive like a targeted retinal strike, an involuntary reminder that modern automotive lighting has…

Sales were up at Tesla but so were costs and spending

​Q2 2026 was profitable, but barely.  Tesla posted its financial statement for the second quarter of the year this afternoon. Earlier in July, we learned that the American automaker had had a good quarter in terms of sales, growing 25 percent year over year. Fans hoping that sales increase…