Rivian Focusing On Cheaper Batteries, Lays Off 20 Members of Battery Team

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 07:26:50 +0000

Rivian is currently at around 50,000 vehicle sales a year. That’s more or less the total number of sales the … [continued]

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Is The Cybertruck Competitive?

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 04:50:29 +0000

I put down a reservation for a Cybertruck on the first day of the launch back in 2019 since I … [continued]

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Kentucky’s Largest Solar Farm Sited at Former Appalachia Coal Mine

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:45:23 +0000

A group that includes Rivian, the California-based electric vehicle manufacturer, said it will turn the site of a former coal mine in Kentucky into that state’s largest solar farm. The […]

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The Impact of EV Charging on the Grid

Credit to Author: Erin D’Amato| Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 16:50:43 +0000

Tesla owners pulling up to plug in at specific Supercharger locations in the U.S. will soon be met with an unfamiliar sight: electric vehicles (EVs) from other car companies, parked […]

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Tesla Now 8th Best Selling Auto Brand In USA — US Auto Sales +9% vs. 2022, -11% vs. 2019

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 06:49:15 +0000

It’s time for another quarterly report on US auto sales. Like a few other major news outlets, I track total quarterly sales of the US auto industry, but I also conduct a thorough analysis of the trends of each automaker. Furthermore, I compare last quarter’s sales not just to the same quarter last year, but […]

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Tesla Now 8th Best Selling Auto Brand In USA — US Auto Sales +9% vs. 2022, -11% vs. 2019

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 06:49:15 +0000

It’s time for another quarterly report on US auto sales. Like a few other major news outlets, I track total quarterly sales of the US auto industry, but I also conduct a thorough analysis of the trends of each automaker. Furthermore, I compare last quarter’s sales not just to the same quarter last year, but […]

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Lifecycle Cost: BEV vs. ICEV — Pickup Truck Edition

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:59 +0000

My recent article on the lifecycle cost of BEVs vs ICEVs was well received, so I thought I’d write another one, this time looking at trucks now that many OEMs are producing them — or are about to. A lifecycle cost analysis captures the full financial impact of BEVs across the vehicle’s entire lifetime for […]

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J.D. Power EV Experience Index Rates Mini & Rivian “High” in Driving Enjoyment & Satisfaction

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 22:06:45 +0000

“The electric vehicle landscape is changing quickly, and newer models are bringing in more mainstream, first-time EV buyers,” Brent Gruber, executive director of the EV practice at J.D. Power, said concerning the results of the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Ownership Study that were released at the end of February this year. […]

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US Auto Industry Down 3+ Million Sales (19%) Since 2019

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:46:31 +0000

The US auto industry has been declining steadily for a few years at least. Compared to 2021, the American auto industry’s annual sales were down by more than 1 million units, or 8%. Compared to 2020, they were “only” down by 725,726 units (5%). But compared to 2019, they were down by more than 3 […]

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US Auto Industry Up 10% In 4th Quarter — But Down 16% Compared To Q4 2019

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 15:15:56 +0000

The US auto industry is truly on the rebound. In the 3rd quarter, sales increasing 1% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, the first positive trend in a while. But was it just a lucky little blip? Seemingly not, as US auto industry sales in the 4th quarter of 2022 were 10% higher than […]

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