N.Y. Times news on Electric and Hybrid vehicles

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Tesla Will Lay Off More Than 10% of Global Workforce

   Along with the departure of two senior executives, the cuts added to signs of turmoil at the electric car company.

9. 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.

10. What Happened When a German Car Factory Went All Electric

    Volkswagen’s plant in Zwickau stopped producing Golfs and switched to electric vehicles, illuminating the risks and opportunities for factory towns and cities.

11. 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.

12. Tesla Settles Lawsuit Over a Fatal Crash Involving Autopilot

    A Tesla driver’s family had sought damages for the 2018 crash, which happened while the carmaker’s driver-assistance software was in use.

13. NASA Picks 3 Companies to Help Astronauts Drive Around the Moon

    The agency’s future moon buggies will reach speeds of 9.3 miles per hour and will be capable of self-driving.

14. Ford Slows Its Push Into Electric Vehicles

    The automaker said it would delay new battery-powered models and shift its focus to hybrid cars, sales of which are rising fast.

15. Tesla Seeks to Revive Musk’s $47 Billion Pay Deal With New Shareholder Vote

    The company’s directors are asking shareholders to again approve the multibillion-dollar compensation plan and to move the company’s registration to Texas, from Delaware.