Energy business, used car business, and plain ol’ business business
Energy business, used car business, and plain ol’ business business

Today’s episode of Quick Charge means business – the business of buying up power stations to power up the pet AI that says it would have picked you over Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA draft and the business of fleecing well-heeled car collectors out of…

Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms

The safety board confirmed Tesla’s account of the crash, which the company shared days after it happened last month.

Tesla’s LFP battery holds its charge better, study says
Tesla’s LFP battery holds its charge better, study says

A new analysis of nearly 10,000 real-world EV battery tests found that the same Tesla Model 3 holds up very differently depending on which battery it was built with — and the cheaper LFP version comes out on top.
The Model 3 with CATL’s lithium iron ph…

Someone is flipping Tesla Model S Signature for $260,000 — $100K+ markup
Someone is flipping Tesla Model S Signature for $260,000 — $100K+ markup

A New Jersey dealer is trying to flip a barely-driven Tesla Model S Signature for $259,995 — roughly $100,000 more than what Tesla charged buyers for the collector’s edition.
The car carries VIN #71 and just 297 miles on the odometer, and it’s listed a…

Elon Musk quietly buys a $1 billion gas turbine company to power Grok
Elon Musk quietly buys a $1 billion gas turbine company to power Grok

Elon Musk has quietly bought APR Energy, a Jacksonville-based company that operates a fleet of mobile gas and diesel turbines totaling more than 1 GW of generation capacity.
The self-styled champion of a “solar electric economy” now owns a fossil fuel …

Tesla moves to guarantee resale value for buyers after price cuts
Tesla moves to guarantee resale value for buyers after price cuts

Tesla is launching a new “guaranteed future value” (GFV) program that locks in a pre-set resale price for buyers financing a new Model Y or Model 3.
The move directly targets the depreciation fears that have followed Tesla’s own aggressive price cuts o…

EV sales are normalizing in the US – and TAKING OFF everywhere else
EV sales are normalizing in the US – and TAKING OFF everywhere else

On today’s totally normal episode of Quick Charge, it seems like EV sales are starting to normalize in the US after the loss of the Federal Tax Credit last September – but they’re taking off everywhere else, and Europe is leading the charge!

Tesla’s Cybercab drove across a car park, and the real news happened two days earlier
Tesla’s Cybercab drove across a car park, and the real news happened two days earlier

Tesla has said Cybercab employee rides are starting soon at its Texas factory. The announcement came with a clip of a gold Cybercab, butterfly doors up and no steering wheel or pedals, driving itself across the outbound lot, Mashable reports. Note the …

California’s new $3,500 EV rebate favors Rivian and Lucid over Tesla
California’s new $3,500 EV rebate favors Rivian and Lucid over Tesla

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 168 today, creating a new “MyFirstEV” program that gives first-time electric vehicle buyers a $3,500 instant rebate at the dealership starting later this summer.
The point-of-sale discount is backed by $135.5 …

The EV market is on the road to recovery thanks to high gas prices
The EV market is on the road to recovery thanks to high gas prices

As the US war on Iran sent gas prices soaring, American car buyers flocked to electric vehicles – and in particular hybrids. After a sluggish winter and fall, EV sales rebounded in the second quarter of 2026, with automakers posting some of their best numbers since the elimination of the federal EV tax credit last […]