N.Y. Times news on Electric and Hybrid vehicles

1. China’s Electric Cars Keep Improving, a Worry for Rivals Elsewhere

   More capable autonomous driving is just one way Chinese automakers are threatening to pull ahead — their E.V.s are also becoming bigger and roomier.

2. Tesla Fires Charger Team Amid Hundreds of Layoffs

   The carmaker dismissed 500 employees in a unit that was critical to its success and seen as important to the future of electric vehicle sales in the United States.

3. Elon Musk Reaches Deals in China on Self-Driving Teslas

   Elon Musk met with the country’s premier, a longtime Tesla ally, and secured regulatory nods and a necessary partnership with a Chinese tech company.

4. U.S. Investigating Tesla Recall of Autopilot

   The National Highway Safety Administration also released an analysis of crashes involving the system that showed at least 29 fatal accidents over five and a half years.

5. Honda Commits to E.V.s With Big Investment in Canada

   The Japanese automaker, which has been slow to sell electric vehicles, said it would invest $11 billion to make batteries and cars in Ontario.

6. Daimler Truck Workers Reach Deal and Avert Threatened Strike in North Carolina

   The United Automobile Workers reached an agreement involving workers who make Freightliner trucks and Thomas Built buses. The deal comes as the union seeks to expand in Southern states.

7. Tesla Earnings Report: Revenue Fell to $21.3 Billion, Adding to Strategy Concerns

   The first-quarter results are likely to fuel worries that competitors will continue grabbing a bigger slice of a market dealing with slowing electric car sales.

8. G.M. Reports Big Jump in Profit on Gasoline Car Sales

   General Motors has struggled with electric vehicles and in foreign markets but it is selling lots of combustion engine cars and trucks in North America.

9. How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me)

   This privacy reporter and her husband bought a Chevrolet Bolt in December. Two risk-profiling companies had been getting detailed data about their driving ever since.

10. VW Workers in Tennessee Vote to Join UAW Union

    The Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga is set to become the first unionized auto factory in the South not owned by one of Detroit’s Big Three.

11. How to Tell an Older Person It’s Time to Stop Driving

    The “car key conversation” can be painful for families to navigate. Experts say there are ways to have it with empathy and care.

12. Fake Tags Add to Real Chaos on American Roads

    Officials are moving to increase enforcement and change laws in response to the rise in counterfeit or expired plates, which exploded during the pandemic.

13. Tesla Will Recall Cybertruck in Latest Setback

    A federal auto safety agency said the accelerator pedal on the pickup truck, sales of which began in late 2023, could become stuck, increasing the risk of accidents.

14. Most N.Y.C. Drivers Who Honk Are Breaking the Law. Can They Be Stopped?

    The city’s noise code has limited the use of vehicle horns for almost a century. Enforcing the law is another matter.

15. Barbara Joans, Who Studied Biker Culture on the Open Road, Dies at 89

    In her 60s, she set off on a hulking Harley-Davidson and found a new area of anthropological research: bikers, and in particular, female bikers.