Today’s Solutions: May 16, 2026

If you’re an average consumer, you’ve had little reason to take electric cars seriously—they cost too much, and don’t go far enough on a charge. But starting about this time next year, you will. It’s hard to keep track of all the competing mainstream electrics coming soon to showrooms, as major automakers show an accelerated determination to shift these hitherto luxury vehicles into the mass market. But the number appears to be a half-dozen and…

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