'Twas the night before Battery Day and only a few hours 'til dusk, to everyone's surprise came a disappointing update, from Musk. 

Who's buying EVs right now? And more importantly, who's most likely to buy them in the near future? This is a question that OEs and repair operations want answered, and one researcher has some insight.

Automaker Daimler AG and its subsidiary, Mercedes-Benz, have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. government and California state regulators to resolve emissions cheating allegations.