Rivian's $170 Million Quarterly Profit Marks A Turning Point Electric vehicle truck and SUV startup Rivian just beat the odds. InsideEVs · Feb 20, 2025
Toyota’s Big Push: 50% Electrified U.S. Sales In 2025 When most people think of electrification, they probably picture a battery-electric car. Think Tesla, or Rivian and the like. But what electrification really refers to is the presence of a battery in some form—that includes hybrids. InsideEVs · Feb 20, 2025
The Rivian R1T And R1S Just Got Their First Limited Edition Rivian has unveiled the first-ever limited edition trim for the R1S electric SUV and R1T battery-powered truck. Dubbed the California Dune Edition, the new variant is available for the tri-motor versions of the two EVs and brings several improvements. InsideEVs · Feb 19, 2025
Fate of Rivian’s $6.6 billion federal loan—secured in the dying hours of the Biden administration—now hangs in the balance If the loan is canceled, Tesla CEO and Trump “First Buddy” Elon Musk stands to benefit the most. Fortune · Feb 19, 2025
Trump Could Hit The Entire Auto Industry With The Chicken Tax What does chicken have to do with what cars you can buy in America, and how much you pay for them? A lot more than you might think. And with President Trump now threatening new 25% tariffs on all imported automobiles, the industry's most controversial tax could be applied much… InsideEVs · Feb 19, 2025
Edmunds: Five new vehicles arriving in 2025 that were worth the wait Car companies are always introducing compelling new models, making it harder to decide if you should get a new car, truck or SUV now or wait to see what else might be available within the year The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2025
The 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 XRT Stole Subaru's Best Idea There are huge swaths of these United States where you can pick up a rock, throw it in any direction, and you will have a decent chance of it landing on a Subaru Crosstrek. InsideEVs · Feb 19, 2025
BMW's Insane, 13,000 LB-FT Vision Driving Experience Proves The EV Future Will Be Wild The camouflaged BMW Vision Driving Experience (VDX) technology demonstrator appeared low-slung and menacing. I had to contort myself awkwardly to get in and squeeze into its carbon-fiber bucket seats. BMW officials helped me buckle the four-point harness before German motorsport racing driver Jens Klingmann fired up the EV. He drove… InsideEVs · Feb 16, 2025
Why Don't EVs Come With Spare Tires? In my quest to find an electric vehicle that can truly replace my 230,000-mile gas truck as an adventure rig, I've been stymied by one persistent issue. It's not range; I can get into the backcountry with my Blazer EV. It's not capability. I've got all-wheel drive and eight inches of… InsideEVs · Feb 13, 2025
The Rivian R1T's Gear Tunnel Is Why I'm Excited About EVs I tend to travel a good amount for work, and when I do, I often drive a lot of different vehicles. One of my least favorite exercises is figuring out where I can stuff suitcases into a pickup truck. Do you put them in the bed? What happens if you… InsideEVs · Feb 13, 2025
The 2025 Ram ProMaster EV Is A Lot Cheaper And Goes Further The EV revolution on the consumer side may sometimes appear to be in peril. However, when it comes to fleet and commercial vehicles it feels like electrification is both smooth and constant. Fleet operators see the monetary and maintenance benefits of going electric. Thus, all over the world brands are… InsideEVs · Feb 13, 2025
EV Off-Roading Is Just Plain Better It's 2022. I'm lumbering through a rock-crawling trail in Joshua Tree National Park, straddling the border of the Mojave Desert. It is a beautiful, stunning place to explore, and my tired old Lexus LX470 is leaving its mark. It's dripping black CV axle grease all over the rock upon which… InsideEVs · Feb 12, 2025
Rivian Warns Of Imminent $10,000 Price Hike For Canada It’s been tariff turmoil here in North America, and it’s not clear if it’ll ever get better here on either side. Rivian’s the latest victim of said turmoil; Canadian Rivians are about to get a lot more expensive within the next two weeks. Canadian Rivian hopefuls reportedly received an email… InsideEVs · Feb 12, 2025
New Rivian EVs Have A Big Discount, But You'll Need A Gas Car To Get It Rivian is offering discounts of up to $6,000 on some of its inventory vehicles. There is a catch though, in that you have to request a trade-in for your old gas car to get it. However, there's an interesting loophole in the offer. While you have to request the trade,… InsideEVs · Feb 11, 2025
InsideEVs · Feb 10, 2025 Rivian Van Orders Open: Anyone With A Business Can Buy A Commercial EV Van Rivian's Electric Delivery Van (EDV) has been on the road for years, faithfully delivering your Amazon packages if you live in a more urban area. But the automotive upstart has long had broader ambitions for its van platform, and today they're being realized. The Rivian Commercial Van (RCV)—on which the…
InsideEVs · Feb 7, 2025 Scout's Home State Blocks Direct EV Sales. This Bill Might Change That Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors broke ground on its new $2 billion electric vehicle plant in South Carolina last year. That factory is expected to roll out EV and EREV trucks and SUVs in the 2027-2028 timeframe. Scout also wants to skip the dealers and sell directly to you through an online…
International Business Times UK · Feb 6, 2025 Sirius XM Stock up 12% After Warren Buffett Snaps 35% Stake on Bets of a Strong Comeback Warren Buffett continued to increase his stake in the satellite streaming and radio company as it grew the podcasting business and ramped up its customer base through in-car services in Tesla and Rivian EV models.
InsideEVs · Feb 5, 2025 2024 Chevy Blazer EV Owner Review At Six Months: A Mixed Bag As the predicted arrival state of charge ticked down to 11%, I gave Meg a nervous look. It was time to turn around. We had hoped to make it Rainbow Viewpoint, the highest overlook in Bryce Canyon National Park. But 80 miles of below-freezing country roads stood between us and…
InsideEVs · Feb 5, 2025 Other EV Companies Ditched Dealers. Polestar Is All-In On Them At this point, it's no secret that car dealers in the United States haven't exactly welcomed electric vehicles with open arms.
InsideEVs · Feb 5, 2025 Rivian Owners, Rejoice: No More Service Visits To Update Your Wheel Size Rivian’s electric trucks and SUVs are known for their impressive off-roading abilities. The R1S and R1T are marketed as adventure vehicles, and if you know the world of overlanding and off-roading, you know that people like to put bigger wheels on their cars to better cope with big obstacles.
TechRadar · Feb 1, 2025 Rivian says it will offer hands-off autonomous driving later this year, with eyes-off coming in 2026 – a more realistic approach than Tesla’s wild promises Rivian's CEO promises higher levels of autonomous driving this year and next.
InsideEVs · Jan 31, 2025 The Second-Life EV Battery Market Could Be Worth Billions By 2035 The electric vehicle industry has embraced consolidation and efficiency. We’re seeing automakers slash costs and expand platform-sharing to minimize input and maximize output. Now, there’s a chance for EVs to be even more efficient by embracing the principles of a circular economy. Instead of the wasteful take, make and dispose…
InsideEVs · Jan 31, 2025 How Rivian Thrives In The Trump Era Of EVs "What now?" That's a question I've been hearing in auto industry circles (and, let's face it, pretty much everywhere) since President Trump was re-elected in November on a promise to reset nearly all aspects of the U.S. government. That certainly impacts cars as well, with a possible end to the…
InsideEVs · Jan 30, 2025 Rivian CEO Sounds Alarm On Trump's Tariffs: 'Inflation Could Be Damaging' Forget the EV tax credit. Rivian founder and CEO R.J. Scaringe is far more concerned about another threat from President Donald Trump: tariffs.
InsideEVs · Jan 30, 2025 Dear Carmakers: Want Tesla Buyers? Hurry Up And Make Better EVs “Yeah, he doesn’t really like that car,” my friend Cory told me about the Kia EV6. Cory and I have this mutual friend, a Tesla Model 3 owner, who’s looking to dump it as soon as possible. But so far, nothing’s doing it for him, even that EV6. “He said…