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  1. Autoweek review from the desert: Rivian R1S SUV Eclipses the Competition

    Autoweek "But the Rivian, for its part, worked flawlessly, even in rock crawling, through deep sand, over washboard roads, and across miles and miles of Interstate. You can set the drive mode on the big central screen and the car reacts. For sand and off-road it rises up, for highways it...
  2. Early Tesla Cybertruck Fetches $400K At Auction

    InsideEVs.com The low-VIN 2024 Cybertruck was sold at the Petersen Auto Museum’s 29th Gala hosted by Jay Leno.
  3. Machinists union is trying to organize workers inside the Rivian EV plant

    WGLT.org The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), aka Machinists, have been doing organizing work at Rivian for most of this year, said IAM regional organizer Bob Beloit. They have an office in Bloomington and have been meeting with Rivian workers, doing house...
  4. Rivian CEO: We're not worried about Tesla's Cybertruck

    Yahoo FInance - Rivian (RIVN) CEO RJ Scaringe isn't losing sleep over Tesla's (TSLA) Cybertruck, even though the two companies' high-end electric pickups are set to compete. “If you were to think of the Venn diagrams with customers, there's probably not a lot of overlap,” he told the audience...
  5. Tesla’s response to the Camp Kitchen? the Cyber Spoon

    A promotional offer from Tesla and McD in China - the Cyber Spoon. Even Musk thought it was fake news, but apparently it’s real.
  6. ChargePoint and Blink - cash burn crisis

    Article Two of the largest publicly held charging networks in the U.S., ChargePoint and Blink Charging, have less than a year of cash left, according to their most recent quarterly filings. They both said their business models, reliant on charger equipment sales more than owning and operating...
  7. UAW scores - US offers $12 billion to auto makers, suppliers for advanced vehicles

    Loans... or premptive strike "bailout" ? Speeding grants and other subsidies to fund conversion of existing auto plants to build electric vehicles could help the White House blunt criticism from automakers and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union over proposed environmental rules aimed to help...
  8. Fast Company article: Tesla’s Cybertruck has a serious problem that only a complete redesign can fix

    Fast Company: "As Adrian Clarke—a professional car designer who now writes design critiques for the automobile publication The Autopian—told me back then: “The Cybertruck is a low polygon joke that only exists in the fever dreams of Tesla fans that stands high on the smell of Elon Musk’s...
  9. R1S Phantom Power Charging - Dark Energy?

    I'm working from home yesterday and today. This morning when I checked, the R1S indicated 145 miles range. It's now showing 153 miles range. EVSE has not been connected since Monday. I did the software update Monday. Free energy! ? Has anyone else seen this? My only guess is that it was cool...
  10. Ford and VW delay European built EV launches to 2024

    The Street “The automaker, however, had a major setback in Cologne on Aug. 10 as it informed workers that it must delay production of the Explorer because of new global safety rules for the vehicle's powertrain, Electrek reported. The company said it would instead begin producing and selling...
  11. Elon Musk says Tesla cars now have a mind

    Elon just can't stop himself from saying this kind of stuff...... Electrek On X (formerly Twitter), Musk often shines a spotlight on some of those true believers who only show the good performance of Tesla’s FSD Beta. This week, he commented on one of those by claiming that he believes Tesla...
  12. RJ Interview by Heatmap: Inside the Mind of RJ - product positioning and R2 development

    Heatmap news I’ve clipped a few parts of the article below, but I think it is a worthwhile full read. This is not a clickbait article. Great insight into RJ’s thoughts. Note RJ’s use of the term Premium, not Luxury, lol. “The objective of our R1 program was to serve as our handshake to the...
  13. CyberTruck in F150 wrap, Frunk looks small

    Original source: Cybertruckownersclub “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” - Oscar Wilde
  14. Washington DC duped into EV "Fuel Shark" scam - device extends the range of any EV by 60% by 'rejuvenating the battery'

    Mileage Boosting Scammers are now targeting EVs. This device promises up to 60% mileage boost on any EV. Gotta get me one!!!!! On ICE vehicles, it was amazing inventions like the "Fuel Shark" which plugs into the cigarette light ? , Water Injection, Fuel line magnets, etc. The following are...
  15. Free Volta Charging - Easy, no app

    In my area there are a handful of free Volta Level 2 Destination Chargers at Giant Food Stores. I knew they were free, so I tried one. I intentionally did not down load the app. I just plugged in and it started charging - app not required, I was somewhat surprised since Volta Media's free model...
  16. Article: Used EV prices are collapsing — and Tesla is the reason why

    Yahoo Finance “A year ago, used EV prices were on the upswing, rising faster than the average used car,” said iSeeCars executive analyst Karl Brauer in the report. “Electric vehicle prices are now falling at nearly 10 times the rate of the average used vehicle, reflecting a clear shift in EV...
  17. Monetizing Data & Services: Interview with Ford Advanced Product Development Cheif

    Interesting article that tells us where the industry is headed, we can assume Rivian is planning the same. RJ already leaked plans to change the R1 to a network architecture. "Across the room from Ford Advanced Product Development chief Doug Field was a pile of two-dozen auto parts, each with...
  18. Tesla Grabbing Stick?!?

    Tesla has discontinued right hand drive and here’s their accessory solution to handling tickets, etc. through the right window from the left driver’s seat. o_O Grab a drive through coffee with this? I thought this was a fake article but appears to be true.
  19. The latest breakthrough in Solid State Batteries

    Waiting for the press to announce that they will be in mass production in three years. ? ? Phys.org "Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have achieved an unprecedented stabilization of the high-temperature phase of Li3PS4—a critical material for all-solid-state batteries—thus attaining...





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