Category: Newswire

Rivian plans to make up to 155,000 R2 SUVs annually at its plant in Normal, Illinois, the electric vehicle startup said on Tuesday. It shows just how much Rivian expects the upcoming model to juice its sales and addressable market.  In its first-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, the EV maker said that upcoming upgrades to…

More local governments across Michigan see EV charging as a relevant issue, but the number is still fairly low, according to a new University of Michigan survey, and those interested in EV charging see cost as a barrier. While the survey is Michigan-specific, it’s the traditional hub of the auto industry and probably represents a…

It’s truly a shame that electric vehicles are getting caught up in our endless culture wars, because they don’t have to be. EVs represent a new type of technology, that’s all. But thanks to their outsize popularity in coastal blue states and federal tax incentives introduced to support their adoption, they’ve become extremely polarizing in…

BMW has begun production of a battery-assembly facility at its San Luis Potosí, Mexico, plant in anticipation of production of its next-generation Neue Klasse EVs. In addition to the battery facility, BMW said in a press release that it is also expanding the body shop and making other upgrades to the site, with a total…

EV startup Lucid Motors reported a 39% increase in Air deliveries for the first quarter of 2024, with 1,967 units delivered. But it grew sales to a still-modest total while reporting a $598 million EBITDA-adjusted financial loss for the quarter. Clearly, it’s a long road ahead for Lucid. The good news is that the company’s flagship…

Troubled electric automaker Fisker has reportedly begun the process of closing its main headquarters in Manhattan Beach, California. News of the impending closure was broken by Business Insider which received tips from three different Fisker sources that employees were asked to gather their belongings as part of a move to the company’s R&D facility in…

Air pollution remains a major threat to the health of many Americans, but stricter emissions rules could help, according to the American Lung Association. The organization’s 25th annual “State of the Air” report found that 131 million people—39% of the U.S. population—live in areas with unhealthy areas of air pollution. And spikes in deadly air…

Have you ever come back to your parked car to find a sizable door ding? We’ve all (unfortunately) been there, and as much as I don’t want to call it a common occurrence—it kind of is. The worst kind of them all is when it happens on your brand new car. An amplified version of…

Nearly every EV brand in North America is adopting Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector and gaining access to the automaker’s Supercharger network. But despite that network’s fairly good reputation for reliability, the NACS connector alone may not guarantee an overall improvement in charger reliability, says one expert. Joerg Heuer is the CEO of…

There are now two ways to think about the only publicly traded company in Elon Musk’s vast portfolio. On one hand, there’s Tesla, the pioneer of modern electric vehicles, which won over millions of loyal fans and built a charging network so good that the rest of the car industry wants in on it. On the…