The Latest Breaking News from Rivian

Although Lucid Motors is a startup with much less car-making experience than traditional OEMs, it has quickly become an electric vehicle technology leader. It’s willing to share its EV tech with others and it’s already helping Aston Martin create its own bespoke EV platform. However, it also wants to find…

The updated Rivian R1S is now the safest large SUV on American roads, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). During the latest crash testing session, the 2025 R1S got a Top Safety Pick+ rating, the highest possible for a production vehicle that goes through the IIHS testing…

October was a great month for several automakers. General Motors and Hyundai, for instance, saw big gains in registrations. Meanwhile, Ford’s Mustang Mach-E, Rivian’s R1S and Tesla’s Model Y were down double digits.

With Benchmark analysts giving Rivian a bullish nod, would it be wise for investors to jump in and position themselves for potential gains next year?

To be clear, Tesla is still the biggest player in the electric car market in the United States. That said, its grip seems to be slowly slipping.

Electric vehicles are quiet, fast and packed with tech, and these advantages leave a lasting impression on owners. Very few of them, if any, would switch back to a combustion car after going electric, at least according to a new study published by the Global EV Alliance, which we also…

If the last year of bumpy electric vehicle growth has proven anything, it’s that Americans are done making big compromises just to buy an electric car. If what’s out there doesn’t have enough range, isn’t the right size or is too pricey, they’re probably just going to buy a hybrid…

Rivian has long toiled in the EV salt mines. It's spent its formative years competing against the likes of Tesla while sorting out various start-up issues including tech, production and profitability; call them "growing pains." But when Rivian launched the all-new R1 platform earlier this year with the aim of making…

It’s a weird year to be covering EVs, and a weirder one to be giving out awards. 2024 has been defined by both EV excitement and heightened uncertainty as automakers backtrack from their lofty initial goals amid uneven demand. The novelty of an expensive luxury spaceship EV has worn off,…

Towing big trailers is still the Achilles' heel of modern electric vehicles. Even though battery-powered trucks like the Rivian R1T, Chevrolet Silverado EV and Tesla Cybertruck can happily tow 10,000 pounds or more, their driving range goes down the drain the moment you attach anything on that trailer hitch.

Tesla makes excellent electric vehicles that many owners are so enamored with that switching to a different brand seems inconceivable. But this former Model S owner who bought a brand new 2025 Rivian R1S couldn’t be happier with the switch, although there are some Tesla features that he still misses.