This year's dust is starting to settle. Here are the names leading the industry out of the cloud.This year hasn't been a great one for shareholders of most electric vehicle (EV) stocks. While the S&P 500 is up since the end of 2023, the S&P Kensho Electric Vehicles Index is down for the same timeframe. Tesla is one of the few exceptions to this trend, but even then much of this strength can be chalked up to a bounce-back from weakness in 2022 and 2023.Blame the transitional dynamic, mostly. The industry has ...