It's well known that this shape of steering wheel can be hazardous for general purpose driving where hand over hand turns are necessary.
Leaked photos of CyberTruck Interior @ Cybertruck Forum Owners Club
"Delaware’s Supreme Court on Monday overturned a judge’s ruling upholding a decision by state officials to prohibit electric vehicle maker Tesla from selling its cars directly to customers."
Hey Rivian - This opens the door for a NJ/PA/DE Service Center in Wilmington.
Now if they can use this...
Inside EVs
"The owner of a Rivian R1T got a $115 parking ticket in New York City because he violated NYC's special parking rules for commercial vehicles.
Because it weighs more than 7,000 pounds, the Rivian R1T is automatically classified as a commercial vehicle in New York state and...
Passing this along from Facebook because it contains some interesting changes and observations:
"A little tidbit from my Plant tour. R1S’s are being churned out. Rivian cannot quote specific numbers but I was able to deduce the following:
1) R1S production ratio to R1T is approx 3 to 1...
The company, which employs thousands at the Normal manufacturing operations where it launched production in September 2021, first announced plans to build the $5 billion plant in Georgia later that year. Opponents have filed multiple lawsuits in an attempt to stop the project.
On Friday, Fulton...
Yahoo News
IRVINE, Calif., April 06, 2023--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN) today announced it has hired Martin Huelder as Vice President for its commercial division in Europe. Huelder joins Rivian from Mercedes Benz, where he has been for nearly 30 years.
Huelder joined...
Apple Insider
General Motors plans to gradually replace CarPlay and Android Auto in its vehicles, in favor of an in-house infotainment system developed with Google, leaning on subscription services.
As Apple prepares to launch the next generation of CarPlay it teased in 2022, some automobile...
New Drone Video posted on YouTube. I didn't even try to count the number of vehicles sitting there, but it's alot, especially EDVs. This could explain why Rivian wants out of the exclusive deal - Amazon is not taking delivery? White ones could ship to anybody immediately?
Does anyone here have an OpenEVSE? Satisfied with it? OpenEVSE has matured quite a bit since I looked at it a couple years ago. There are a lot of integration possibilities with MQTT, Home Assistant, NodeRed, etc. One thing that I'm really interested in is the possibility of using a MQTT broker...
RadioWorld - "On Feb. 26, seven former leaders of the Federal Emergency Management Agency penned a letter to Secretary Pete Buttigieg of the Department of Transportation advocating for the preservation of the senior band and urging regulators to take action to protect the nation’s public safety."
InterestingEngineering.com - "The vehicle may be ordered to drive either to the agency handling the repossession or directly to the scrap yard, depending on the financial sustainability of the process."
There has been a lot of threads over the months and years about why the speed is limited, and claiming it's "Nanny" speed limiting, tire specifications, etc. I decided to pull together various spec data that is available online and see what the math says. TLDR if math scares you - the speed...
I just logged into my account and had an unsolicited invitation waiting for me to sign up for an R1S First Mile event in Brooklyn. Rides are available This Saturday and all next week. Check your account. My Delivery window is April-June 23.
BMW’s Excellent Solid-State EV Battery Adventure
Solid State Batteries are just around the corner, lol. Ironically, most of the article discusses BMW's upcoming 6th generation battery which is not solid state.
“The newly-developed sixth generation of our lithium-ion cells will bring a huge...