He's a journalist, they typically get assigned to cover certain topics. Not surprising that he focuses on the EV space, that's probably in his job description for LA times.
focusing on the ev space != relentlessly bashing one ev company
They are kind of the big cheese of the EV space and you could argue people relentlessly bash Tesla here too. Maybe there is something to these critiques of the company, rather than everyone and anyone just having an axe to grind.