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A GMC Hummer EV Driver Paid $85.20 at One Charging Stop on His Las Vegas Trip, Bringing the Battery From 23% to 99%
21+ hour, 44+ min ago (1072+ words) Steven Smith’s first long family road trip in his GMC Hummer EV came with a comfortable ride, a successful Las Vegas vacation, and an $85.20 charging stop in Barstow. That bill bought a substantial recharge: the session began at 23% and ended…...
A Cybertruck Driver Says His Two-Hour Dump Run Takes One Charge With About 10,000 Pounds in Tow, So His Crew Got the Diesel
21+ hour, 46+ min ago (727+ words) The diesel was supposed to stay for the dump trailer. Jerry Hiebert had bought a Tesla Cybertruck, nicknamed it Jack, and put it to work collecting construction materials and making monthly dump runs. He still intended to keep his Denali…...
Tesla Quietly Downgraded the Cybertruck’s Underbody Shield, and Some Owners Are Losing It
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (525+ words) This discovery about Tesla downgrading Cybertruck's underbody shield lit up the forums. The discovery came from a thread where owners started noticing that the underside of their trucks looked suspiciously different. After a few rounds of speculation, Tesla engineering lead…...
EV Sales Fell 27% in Q1 2026, but UC Davis Says Automakers Pulling Back Caused More of the $53 Billion Retreat Than Buyers Did
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (257+ words) America's EV strategy is lurching. Policy reversals, people's hesitations, and automakers scrambling to protect their balance sheets have turned what was supposed to be a clean, steady sprint toward electrification into a messy, uneven stumble. The Numbers Look Bad, but…...
Ford Still Lists Its $28,350 Fathom for 2027, but Washington Just Put Its CATL Battery Strategy Under Fire
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (1283+ words) Ford also did something important after the controversy erupted: it defended rather than abandoned the battery arrangement at the center of it. In its Sept. 8 response, Ford said its Michigan battery plant is Ford-owned and Ford-operated, employs American workers, and…...
Google Adds 25 Class 8 Electric Trucks to a 63-Truck Texas Fleet, Never Mentions Tesla Semi, And Expects to Cut 92,000 Tons of CO2e
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (448+ words) Here's a fun little puzzle for you. Google just announced a major electric trucking deal in Texas. The blog post announcing it has a picture of a semi truck at the top. That truck sure looks like a Tesla Semi....
Ford F-150 Lightning Driver Says Pro Power Shut Off Every 30 Minutes at 76% Charge, Even With “Keep On” Selected
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (852+ words) A Ford driver, Jonathan Hailey, tried the fan. Then the chargers. Then different combinations of both. According to his account, his 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum kept giving him the same result: Pro Power Onboard shut off after 30 minutes. The truck had…...
Rivian R2 Driver Says a 130-Mile Tow Beat His Expectations, but His 170-Mile Range Figure Divided the Comments
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (939+ words) A 750-pound utility trailer sounds like an easy assignment for a Rivian. David Hall came back from his towing test pleased. Some people reading the same numbers thought he should be disappointed. In a post to the Rivian R2 Enthusiasts Facebook…...
Tesla Tires Can Wear Out in 15,000 Miles, but Three Habits Can Make Any EV's Tires Last Twice as Long
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (796+ words) If your Tesla is eating through tires every 10,000 or 15,000 miles, you're not imagining it, and you're not necessarily driving it wrong either. You're just running into physics. None of that means something is broken on these trucks. It usually means…...
2026 GMC Hummer EV Driver Questions Its Toughness After a Chevy Trailblazer Crash at 6,676 Miles
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (1269+ words) A GMC Hummer EV with one front wheel tilted almost flat against the pavement is a startling sight. Its driver says the truck had just 6,676 miles on it, and the Chevy Trailblazer involved in the collision appeared to have relatively…...