Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe shared a quick look at the new R1S interior on Twitter yesterday. Scaringer has said before that the R1S was designed to take families, friends, pets, and gear on long road trips to the places you love. Now, thanks to the video he shared on Twitter, … [continued]
Is it bigger than a breadbox? Seeing one in person makes all the difference.
If I was sitting in the front row waiting for an orchestral concert, I would be listening to the players tuning up. At first, it would be a cacophony of sounds, gradually resolving into notes, and then silence. As the conductor raised his arms, there would be silence, and then … [continued]
As we reported recently, there’s a big cleantech bill moving through the US Congress that would revive, extend, and expand the zero-emission vehicle tax credit in various ways. Our friend Loren McDonald over at EVAdoption looked at the details model by model and has provided a table showing how much … [continued]
Just on the trail of other big battery news in the US (and globally), we’ve got news today from Rivian that it will be getting its batteries from Samsung SDI. Naturally, the news doesn’t come out of the blue — it’s not like buying new pencils. Rivian and Samsung SDI … [continued]
Every year since the mid-2010s has been big for EVs. New models, longer ranges, and lower prices have continuously increased the momentum for electric vehicles, and 2021 will follow suit.
It is time for the quintessential American vehicle to finally go electric, and no, I’m not talking about another Tesla. Ford has announced a $500 million equity investment into electric truck and SUV builder Rivian. Ford hopes to use the injection of cash to get a foot in the door for the development of a line of electric trucks and SUVs built on top of Rivian’s electric vehicle skateboard platform.
Recently, we met with Rivian’s Founder and CEO, Robert “RJ” Scaringe, for an in-depth look into the wild Rivian adventure. What we found was a dynamic team building products on an unfulfilled segment of the electric vehicle (EV) revolution — SUVs and pickup trucks. Now, finally, America has what it’s been waiting for — it’s big, it’s green, it’s off-road, and it’s electric.
The clean energy vehicle revolution is giving rise to a new generation of Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric vehicles that are largely being ushered into the market by a new breed of startups.
The most popular CleanTechnica stories of the past month, surprisingly, led with a story about why to not buy a Tesla. (Sort of.)
