The owner of a Tesla S EV discovered his car’s battery would not charge during last week’s winter storm that impacted major parts of the US. In footage uploaded to TikTok, Virginia radio host Domenick Nati showed how he was unable to charge his vehicle at a charging station in cold weather, as his vehicle continued to give him a “Battery is heating — keep charge cable inserted” message. Speaking... 

Alan O’Hashi spent more than 15 hours traveling 178 miles in Wyoming from Cheyenne to Casper due to the inadequacy of his electric vehicle (EV). Such a trip should have only taken three hours or less. O’Hashi, a Wyoming native and current resident of Cheyenne, drives a Nissan Leaf, a cheap hatchback EV that can ba`rely get a driving range of more than 200 miles. In some of this year’s return... 

New technology developed by researchers at the University of Washington allows low-power devices to be charged over a Wi-Fi network, at home or on the move. A new Wi-Fi system is able to power electronic devices remotely using ordinary routers, allowing low-power objects to be charged wirelessly at distances of up to 28 feet [8.5 meters], according to researchers at the University of Washington. The...