A police officer with the Fremont California Police was forced to call off a pursuit when his Tesla patrol car’s battery was running low in the middle of the chase. 

According to the Institute of the Motor Industry, as many as 97 percent of active auto technicians aren’t qualified to work on electric cars, leaving 3 percent as the only technicians that are.

Joe and Holly Shaw bought the 3,500-square-foot auto repair shop from Dean and Chris Pellegrino after being in business since 1989.

Sacramento Country in California, for example, has an ordinance that prohibits vehicle owners and homeowners from performing certain car-care items in their personal garages. 

This effort is to remind automotive do-it-yourselfers, who recharged their vehicle's air conditioning system themselves using small containers of r134a refrigerant, to return the empty used refrigerant containers for a $10 refund where they purchased the product.