N.Y. Times news on Electric and Hybrid vehicles

1. Tesla Pullback Puts Onus on Others to Build Electric Vehicle Chargers

   The automaker led by Elon Musk is no longer planning to take the lead in expanding the number of places to fuel electric vehicles. It’s not clear how quickly other companies will fill the gap.

2. Andrettis Keep Fighting to Enter F1

   The sport just rejected their offer to create the 11th team, but Michael Andretti said they were not going away.

3. 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.

4. Electric Cars Are Boring (Tesla Cybertruck Included)

   Sales of electric vehicles are sagging in part because they’re so dull to drive compared with their gas counterparts.

5. 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.

6. Sprinter Vans Have Become a Staple for Celebrities at the Met Gala

   Famous actors, singers, athletes and housewives are fans of the Mercedes-Benz van, which has become a staple in streets outside events like the Met Gala.

7. 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.

8. F1: The Miami Grand Prix Matures

   The Miami race had a rocky first year, but organizers learned from their rookie mistakes.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. F1: Alpine Is Trying, It Really Is

    The team keeps making changes, to its cars and to its team, but continues to struggle.