About three times a day, Rich Benoit gets a call to his auto shop, The Electrified Garage, from the owner of an older Tesla Model S whose car battery has begun to fail. The battery, which used to ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. About three times a day, Rich Benoit gets a call to his auto shop, The ...

Joshua is an automotive enthusiast who explores every facet of car culture. With a history of over 30 vehicles, his love for Japanese tuner cars shines. Beyond ownership, he dives into every vehicle, ...

A lack of standards for repair and replacement of EV battery packs may lead to higher insurance premiums, according to a recent Reuters report (via Automotive News). Battery packs can represent up to ...

In the early EV era, manufacturers feared that battery longevity would be a major issue. The expectation was that batteries expiring before the vehicle's lifecycle would leave owners with costly ...

I have written about this for some years already, but having data backup always helps. The China Insurance Research Institute (CIRI) investigated the battery pack part-to-whole ratio of 59 battery ...

Volvo may be known for making safety part of its core identity, but like any automaker, it is not bulletproof. According to Reuters, the Swedish marque could be headed for a legal battle in Thailand ...

Porsche has introduced a multi-stage service concept for high-voltage batteries. The idea behind it is to ensure that service technicians will have a methodology to rely on when dealing with ...