On a highway outside Cleveland, a driver of a new electric SUV pulls off to recharge. She faces a decision familiar to millions of early EV adopters: which network to trust, which plug will fit, and whether the station will actually work. What should feel like a...

Last week, in a public parking garage tucked behind the Battery Tunnel near Wall Street, I spotted something that stopped me in my tracks: A Waymo autonomous vehicle quietly staged among the usual mix of sedans and delivery vans. No branding push, no media presence —...