Tesla owners are more likely to buy another Tesla than owners of any other vehicle brand are likely to buy another model from the brand they are driving. That has been the case for a long time in the USA, and it continued to be the case in the first … [continued]
Tesla exploded the electric car market, becoming the clear leader in the industry with the mass-market Tesla Model 3, and eventually even having the #1 best selling model of any kind in the world with the Tesla Model Y. Recently, though, BYD sales have climbed much faster, and Tesla sales … [continued]
Gandhi supposedly said (but most likely didn’t): “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” I’ve been seeing a similar trend happen with electric RVing. First, they said it was impossible. An electric RV would NEVER happen! The cost of batteries is … [continued]
My wife and I drive a Chevy Bolt during the summer in New England. When we heard that Tesla had agreed to make its Supercharger network available to drivers of other brands, we were pretty excited. Just the other day, we cruised by a service area on the Mass Pike … [continued]
Less than two weeks remain to win a brand-new Rivian electric truck or SUV, a luxury Tesla, or the stunning Ioniq 5 as part of a novel raffle for a good cause. The drawing is August 22, and — with time running out — the raffle is actually undersold, with … [continued]
I wrote a few days ago about the vehicle models Tesla owners were most likely to trade their cars in for when they traded their cars in at auto dealerships. As I noted, those stats don’t catch the Tesla owners who trade their cars into Tesla for another Tesla. However, … [continued]
Today, the Bundeskartellamt has cleared under merger control the formation of a joint venture between Volkswagen and US electric car manufacturer Rivian as well as VW’s acquisition of a minority shareholding in Rivian Automotive Inc. VW and Rivian will each hold a 50 per cent share in the joint venture, … [continued]
The editor-in-chief at The Verge recently interviewed Rivian’s CEO and founder RJ Scaringe. The big takeaway? That other EV manufacturers are copying Tesla too much. In this article, I’m going to briefly cover what Scaringe said and opine on whether it’s really true. The rest of the interview is definitely … [continued]
Octopus Energy and Rivian recently announced a joint program for Rivian owners in Texas that allows them to sign up for Octopus 100% clean electricity to charge their electric vehicles at home. Rivian owners in Texas do not need to get their own home solar power systems to charge their electric … [continued]
Rivian customers on the pre-order list for the new R2 electric SUV can look forward to more renewable energy for their zero emission ride.
