The 2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS is due to arrive soon, with a lot more power, at a $61,995 base price including the mandatory $1,395 destination fee.
That price, which is now shown in Chevy’s online configurator, is the same as what Chevy quoted last September when it detailed the 2025 Blazer EV lineup, and about $3,500 less than when the Blazer EV SS (short for Super Sport) was initially confirmed.
2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS
Pricing isn’t the only thing that’s fluctuated since this model was announced in 2022. At that time, Chevy said its dual-motor all-wheel-drive powertrain would develop 564 hp and 684 lb-ft of torque using the Wide Open Watts (WOW) performance mode. That changed to 595 hp and 645 lb-ft when Chevy reconfirmed the Super Sport in late 2023. But it’s now been finalized at 615 hp and 650 lb-ft of torque, a Chevy spokesperson confirmed to Green Car Reports.
Chevy also lists a 3.4-second 0-60 mph time that’s consistent with its previous claims of a sub-four-second time. A retuned suspension is part of the package as well, but it doesn’t appear that Chevy performance-enhancing changes are as extensive as those of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, which its maker claims is just as quick, and we’ve found to be truly track-capable. However, it’s also a bit pricier, at $67,475 with destination.
2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS
The automaker previously confirmed that the AWD SS would use the same 102-kwh battery pack as RWD RS models (all other models have an 85-kwh pack) but EPA range had not been confirmed at press time.
An initial 2024 Chevy Blazer EV test drive left us impressed with this electric SUV’s efficiency and range. Software issues led to a pause in sales in December 2023, though, and Chevy cut prices the following March, making for a rough initial model year. For 2025, certain models get a boost in both EPA range and output, while a base front-wheel-drive model arrives at the opposite end of the lineup from the range-topping SS.
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UPDATED: An earlier version of this story listed the Blazer EV SS’ base price with destination as $62,490. The correct price is $61,995.
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Rumors leaked last week, and now it’s official: the Rivian Commercial Van is now available to order for fleets of any size, even down to a single van – but still only for businesses, not individuals.
Rivian first announced it would make electric delivery vans in 2019, as part of a partnership with Amazon, who ordered 100,000 of the vehicles. The company has delivered around 20,000 of the vans to Amazon so far.
The Amazon agreement included a 4 year exclusivity period, where Rivian would only sell vans to Amazon, and no other buyers. That exclusivity period ended in November 2023, and Rivian has been offering up its van to other partners.
When that period ended, Rivian also renamed its vehicle from the “Electric Delivery Van” to “Rivian Commercial Vehicle,” indicating that it would like to sell it for purposes other than deliveries – think contractors, handymen, food trucks (please! I hate smelling exhaust instead of food!) and so on.
It didn’t take long for Rivian to get some interest from other firms, and we’ve seen spy photos of Rivian vans in other liveries roaming around. But we haven’t heard any other huge agreements since the exclusivity period ended.
But today, instead of aiming for large contracts and partnerships like the Amazon deal, Rivian is now introducing a fleet sales program that will take orders from fleets of any size – even as small as a single van.
The RCV comes in two separate models – RCV 500 and RCV 700. The latter is both longer and wider, with much more cargo space.
RCV 500
RCV 700
Price
$79,900
$83,900
Est. Range*
161 mi
153 mi
Drivetrain
FWD
FWD
GVWR
9,350
9,500
Payload
2,734 lbs
2,513 lbs
Length
248.5 in
278 in
Height
114.7 in
114.8 in
Cargo Volume
487 cu ft
652 cu ft
Ground Clearance
6.9 in
6.9 in
Wheelbase
157.5 in
187 in
Width (with mirrors)
96.4 in
103.5 in
*Estimated range depends on a number of factors, including load weight, which can vary widely on commercial vehicles
As with most commercial sales, these are obviously the pre-upfit prices. Your final cost will depend on what sort of upfitting you need to do. Rivian says that its Fleet Sales team will work with buyers to discuss specific upfit needs, or you can always take it to whichever upfitter you already use.
But that’s one important note here: even though Rivian is selling these vehicles to fleets of any size, they are still selling the vehicles to fleets, not individuals. Each van must be registered to a business, so you vanlifers might be out of luck for now (or you’ll have to get creative).
Rivian says that it will start taking orders for its commercial van this month, with deliveries starting in April. So reach out to Rivian fleet sales if you want to get your business on the list.
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A Tesla owner reported that he crashed his Cybertruck into a pole after hitting a curb while using Full Self-Driving, Tesla’s advanced driving assist system that Elon Musk claims will be unsupervised this year.
The post is going viral.
Jonathan Challinger, a Florida-based software developer working for Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, reported in a viral post on X that he crashed his Cybertruck into a pole.
He reported that he was driving using Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system, a suite of advanced driver assist (ADAS) features that require driver supervision at all times. However, Tesla claims that it will soon work without driver supervision—hence the name.
Challinger said that he was driving with FSD v13.2.4 on the right lane, which was ending and merging into the left lane, but the car failed to merge and hit the curb.
He said that he failed to react in time and take control of the Cybertruck:
It failed to merge out of a lane that was ending (there was no one on my left) and made no attempt to slow down or turn until it had already hit the curb.
The Cybertruck then crashed into a light post. He was lucky to walkway without a scratch.
To be fair, it was a strange location for a post, but there’s no reason why Tesla FSD shouldn’t have moved lane and even if it wouldn’t have changed lane, it should have hit the curb or post (pictures via TroyTeslike):
Challinger said that he shared the story as a “public service announcement” to tell people to remain attentive when using Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system and not become complacent:
Big fail on my part, obviously. Don’t make the same mistake I did. Pay attention. It can happen. I follow Tesla and FSD pretty closely and haven’t heard of any accident on V13 at all before this happened. It is easy to get complacent now – don’t.
It might be the first crash on Tesla’s latest FSD v13, which CEO Elon Musk has presented as “mind-blowing” and an important step toward achieving “unsupervised self-driving” by the end of the year.
Musk and his Tesla influencers often share FSD videos claiming that the technology is “on the verge of becoming truly self-driving,” despite data evidence pointing to Tesla still being years away from achieving this.
Electrek’s Take
This guy is lucky to be alive, and he is right. There’s a problem with people becoming complacent with FSD, and Tesla, and especially Elon Musk, are not doing enough to prevent that from happening.
On the contrary, Musk continues to hype every update, like Tesla is on the verge of solving self-driving, and claims that its quarterly safety report proves that FSD is safer than human driving, which is misleading.
If Tesla was developing FSD in a vacuum without Elon’s claims that it would be solved every year for the last 5 years and Tesla selling the software package to customers without any clear idea of when it can be achieved or on what hardware, it would be celebrated product.
Instead, it’s a product that is making Tesla lose credibility and potentially dangerous, as we see today.
I myself had the exact same problem that Challinger described where a lane ends, but FSD doesn’t detect it. It’s weird because it works most of the time so you can get this sentiment of complacency and give the system a chance to move. In this case, it evidently went too far.
Be careful out there and stop believing Elon Musk when he talks about self-driving.
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US power and sensing technology specialist onsemi has completed its acquisition of the silicon carbide junction field-effect transistor (SiC JFET) technology business from US-based Qorvo for $115 million.
The addition of SiC JFET technology will complement onsemi’s EliteSiC power portfolio. In EVs, SiC JFETs help improve efficiency and safety by replacing multiple components with a solid-state switch in battery disconnect units.
“This acquisition further strengthens onsemi’s leadership in power semiconductors by providing disruptive and market leading technologies to our customers to solve their most pressing power density and efficiency problems in data centers, automotive and industrial markets,” said Simon Keeton, Group President and General Manager of onsemi’s Power Solutions Group.
General Motors is looking at different ways to utilize electric-vehicle bidirectional charging capability and multiple charge ports, a newly surfaced patent filing shows.
Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Dec. 26, 2024, after being filing by GM Jun. 22, 2023, the document deals less with specific hardware and more with usage schemes and control strategies—and how to balance current in and out of different charge ports.
What it could lead to is a greater flexibility for charging or discharging EVs at any given time, as energy storage devices.
GM lays out a few examples of how this capability can be combined with multiple charge ports, including using one port to charge an EV while using the second port to send power to an external energy-storage system.
General Motors multi-port bidirectional charging patent image
Another possibility is “daisy-chained” vehicles, with only one vehicle actually plugged into a conventional charging station. That vehicle would then be connected to a second vehicle via its other charge port. That second vehicle could in turn be used to charge a third vehicle in a similar manner, according to GM.
This will require a new generation of charge controllers, the patent underscores, and a new range of thinking about how people will use bidirectional charging capability. A fleet of compatible vehicles would be required as well.
GM has expanded bidirectional charging across its lineup, but only with one charge port as of yet. It’s already laid out what large electric trucks might be able to do with multiple charge ports in a separate patent filing, though.
General Motors multi-port bidirectional charging patent image
Ford has also, in a patent, previously laid out what multiple charge ports might accomplish. That includes connecting multiple EVs in series, similar to what GM is discussing here.
Other automakers, such as Tesla, have also discussed adding bidirectional charging capability, while Volvo has shifted that capability into a separate energy business. But it might take mandates like the one proposed by California to further scale up bidirectional charging—and unlock some of the possibilities GM apparently sees in the tech.
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New Tweaks for the Most Off-Road and Rugged Forester
Subaru introduced North America to the upgraded 2026 Forester Wilderness this week. The Wilderness trim level is a sub-brand of Subaru designed for off-roading and adventure. It was first introduced on the Outback in 2021 and was expanded to include the Forester in 2022 and the Crosstrek in 2024, Subaru’s top three brands in sales.
A boosst in off-road capability
Clean Fleet Report was invited to look but not drive the 2026 Forester Wilderness. We get behind the wheel sometime later in 2025. Until then, here is what we know.
2026 Forester Wilderness
More mud is welcome
The 2026 Subaru Forester Wilderness was designed to actually go out and find some wilderness. Aaron Cole, product communications manager at Subaru, told us: “the Forester Wilderness is our most capable, trail-ready and rugged Forester we have ever made. This fits with the Wilderness MO of taking what is already good and making it better.”
Hitting the mud and trails will be done with a 2.5-Liter boxer engine producing 180 horsepower and 178 foot-pounds of torque running on 87 octane. This power gets to all four wheels through a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and Subaru’s Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive that features a Wilderness exclusive of the latest generation of the dual-function X-Mode. With dual mode and dual function the driver can select Snow and Dirt mode, Deep Snow and Mud mode (under 25 mph); Deep Snow and Mud mode (above 25 mph); and low speed and low-ratio gradient control that automatically detects vehicle travel on steep gradients. Hill Descent Control is standard.
Still not convinced the Forester Wilderness can handle what you have in mind? The body has been raised to 9.3-inches (versus the 8.7-inches of the Forester Hybrid and 9.2 on last year’s Wilderness package) and the angle of approach and departure and ramp breakover are all higher. The body has a 10-percent stiffer torsional rigidity due to a new inner frame that uses stronger welding techniques and structural adhesives.
The Yokohama Geolander all-terrain 235/60/17 tires are ready to take a beating. The suspension has been beefed-up and lifted, gearing revised with a heavy-duty rear differential that contains a temperature sensor, and an uprated transmission cooler. The body gets some macho touches—upgraded roof rails that can hold 800-pounds when parked and 176 pounds when driving, underbody protection, front and rear tow hooks, LED hexagonal fog lights and added fender and body protection.
Excellent visibiity
Rugged Interior
The 2026 Subaru Forester Wilderness is equipped with animal-free StarTex, a synthetic upholstery that is water-resistant and cleanable. The thin A-pillars, high seating position and the tall windows provide excellent forward and side visibility. The anodized copper-finish interior accents are exclusive to the Wilderness trim.
The 12.3-inch configurable digital gauge cluster serves as a vehicle information display, and the tablet-style 11.6-inch infotainment touchscreen houses the multimedia system for navigation, AM/FM HD and SiriusXM radio, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. USB ports and wireless phone charging are standard.
Safety and Convenience
Taking safety off-road
The Forester comes with active and passive advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) that are all part of the EyeSight system. Safety technology includes multiple airbags, advanced adaptive cruise control, automatic pre-collision braking and throttle management, emergency stop assist and lane departure warning. In the case of an accident or other emergency, the Starlink Connected Services feature will place a call to emergency services.
Safety features also include blind spot monitoring with lane change assist, a 360-degree camera, and Safety Exit Alert that notifies occupants, before exiting the vehicle, of obstacles and pedestrians with an audible and visual warning.
Additional convenience features include automatic climate control, rear vision camera, push button start/stop, remote keyless entry, electric power steering, leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio and Bluetooth control switches, exterior power mirrors, tire pressure monitoring system, and 4-wheel disc anti-lock brakes.
Waiting for keys
Pricing and Availability
The 2026 Forester Wilderness arrives at North American Subaru dealers nationwide in the fall of 2025. Pricing will be announced closer to the introduction date, but 2025 Forester Wilderness models started at $34,920 plus destination and delivery charges.
When Subaru hands the keys to the 2026 Forester Wilderness to us, we will report on its drivability and upgraded off-road capability. They did leave us with some videos as proof points of the capability of the upgrades. Until then, make sure to opt-in to the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (top right of page) to be notified of all new stories and vehicle reviews.
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Global airport ground support equipment (GSE) manufacturer Mallaghan just deployed what it says is North America’s first ever fully electric refrigerated catering truck designed specifically for the aviation industry.
Co-developed by Mallagha and International Motors (formerly Navistar), the Mallaghan CT6000E was unveiled at a ceremony at Logan International Airport in Boston that was attended by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, State Representative Adrian Madaro, and Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta-Zopata.
“This launch marks a significant milestone for both Mallaghan and the aviation industry as a whole in North America,” said Joe Griffith, Chief Commercial Officer at Mallaghan. “The CT6000E not only reinforces our commitment to innovation and sustainability but also supports our partners in their pursuit of greener, safer, and more efficient (aviation) operations.”
As a truck, the CT6000E shown in Boston looks to be based on the same International eMV chassis that underpins New England’s HazMat1 fire truck. The eMV features a 33,000 lb. GVWR, a direct-drive electric motor packing 1,737 lb-ft of peak torque, and 135 miles of range from its 210 kWh li-ion battery pack. The eMV also features a robust aux system powered by a pair of AGM 12V batteries that charge through the main 609V high voltage system.
To help it serve its aviation mission as GSE, the CT6000E which features a number of new technologies aimed at both vehicle efficiency and operator safety, including an advanced aircraft-controlled approach system (CAS) to help reduce aircraft damage, 360-degree Birds Eye camera system with onboard hard drive, and on-board telemetry.
Mallaghan’s CT6000E will be operated by premium airline catering company, DO & CO, whose international roster of clients includes American Airlines, Delta, gategourmet, IAG, Southwest Airlines, Qatar Airways, and Servair.
Electrek’s Take
While this International-based CT6000E is the first such refrigerated electric catering truck in the US, it’s mest certainly not the first suck truck Mallaghan has put into service. Those two photos, above, show a very similar product from Mallaghan (confusingly called CT6000e) based on the Volvo FL Electric. That truck was first launched back in 2019.
With the short distances driven at limited speeds under extreme loads, GSE at airports present a nearly ideal use case for battery-electric vehicles. That’s a good thing, too — as demand for on-road fossil fuels drops, airports and airlines – historically responsible for about 4% Earth’s global warming – are becoming a bigger and bigger slice of a rapidly shrinking pie when it comes to fossil fuel emissions.
They may not purr like a well-tuned diesel, but Pet Valu has added two brand-new, whisper-quiet Volvo VNR Electric semi trucks to its growing logistics fleet as part of the company’s ongoing effort to transform its supply chain into one that’s more efficient, and more sustainable.
Pet Valu is one of Canada’s leading specialty retailers, offering a wide variety of pet food, toys, and and other fur-and-feather friendly supplies to keep pets healthy and happy. Part of the company’s efforts to deliver on that happy/healthy promise is in reducing ground-level air pollution, and these new, zero-tailpipe emission electric semi trucks will help Pet Valu achieve that vision.
“At Pet Valu, we are committed to continuously improving how we serve devoted pet lovers and their pets,” explains Nico Weidel, chief supply chain officer, Pet Valu. “Each electric delivery truck represents an opportunity to avoid consuming over 25,000 liters of diesel fuel or over 62 tonnes of CO2 (emissions) per year. We’re excited to explore how these trucks perform and assess the potential for further electrification of our delivery fleet in the future.”
Pet Valu spec’ed out its new Class 8 Volvo VNR Electric day cab trucks with the 565 kWh six-battery pack configuration, offering route drivers an operating range of up to 442 kilometers (about 275 miles) per charge. And, while Volvo’s VNRs are capable of ultra-fast charging, these trucks will power up overnight overnight at the company’s Surrey distribution center an a newly installed 120 kW charger.
In addition to deploying the trucks, the Volvo Trucks team worked closely with Pet Valu to identify and secure additional funding opportunities to help offset the high up-front cost of the battery-electric semis, including federal (Canadian) and provincial incentive programs Clean BC – Go Electric and iMHZEV (incentives for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles).
“We are excited to see Pet Valu taking the initiative in the Canadian pet supply industry by adopting Volvo’s VNR Electric trucks,” says Matthew Blackman, managing director for Canada, Volvo Trucks North America. “As they venture into sustainable transportation, this effort is expected to not only strengthen their supply chain but also help support a healthier planet, one ‘purr-fectly’ quiet kilometer at a time.”
And, yes: we made the same joke. (I stand by it.)
Electrek’s Take
Volvo VNR Electric semi deployed by 3PL Martin Brower; via McDonald’s.
Pet Valu joins a growing list of companies – and they’re already adding to the tally of tens of millions of all-electric, zero emission miles driven by Volvo customers. By the time Volvo rolls out its next-generation VNL and FH electric semis later this year, they will represent company’s third generation of Class 8 EVs, and will be backed by more than 100,000,000 miles of real-world data collected by thousands of trucks across dozens of companies.
Consulting firm TRC has made a name for itself in the clean trucking space both for managing the ACT Expo and helping commercial fleets navigate the increasingly complex world of ZEV incentives. This week, the company reached a major milestone: $2 billion in funding!
Over the last few years, GNA (which was acquired by TRC in 2023) has developed and submitted more than 650 successful grant applications and funding requests on behalf of its clients, helping them to achieve their environmental and sustainability goals while saving money on total cost of ownership in the process.
“We feel privileged to assist forward-thinking companies to achieve their goals to develop and demonstrate the commercial use of some of the most cutting-edge and advanced technologies in the marketplace today,” said Erik Neandross, President, Clean Transportation Solutions at TRC. “Managing multi-million-dollar grant applications can be daunting, but our team’s tenacity and knowledge ensures that our clients will successfully achieve their objectives while they remain focused on their core business activities.”
Noteworthy projects that received funding through TRC’s support include:
Over $40 million for the JETSI Project, which deployed 100 zero-emission Class 8 trucks across Southern California to operationalize zero-emission freight movement at scale.
$44 million for Volvo LIGHTS, an initiative that implemented a blueprint for the complete ecosystem needed to successfully deploy commercial battery-electric trucks.
$95 million for the Nevada Gold Mines 200 MW Solar Project, accelerating the decarbonization of mining operations in Northern Nevada.
$15.4 million for the Frito-Lay Zero and Near Zero Emission Freight Facility (ZANZEFF) Project in Modesto, CA, to deploy an array of commercially available and pre-commercial ZE and NZE technologies as well as renewable power generation and energy storage.
$5 million for Mariposa County Resource Conservation District to develop, demonstrate and deploy environmentally and economically sustainable biomass-to-energy systems for the forest and food waste sectors.
$6.5 million for Foster Farms for projects to modify parking yards with EV charging parking stalls and implement emissions-reducing mechanical upgrades at five Foster Farms plants.
$4.4 million for Otter Tail Power Company to enhance grid resiliency with next-generation technology.
TRC’s efforts have helped clients to tap funding from sources such as Volkswagen Settlement Funds, Federal Highway Administration, DOE, South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), California Air Resources Board (CARB), California Energy Commission (CEC), Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) programs, and others.
Electrek’s Take
Joe Annotti is a senior executive dedicated to clean transportation and energy independence initiatives at TRC, and has been a great guest on several of my podcasts – most recently Quick Charge on the Electrek Daily channel. You can check out that episode, above, then let us know what you think of TRC’s fleet decarbonization efforts in the comments.
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The new Nissan LEAF already looks like a major upgrade. The little electric hatchback is due for a refresh, and we are finally getting a better idea of what to expect after the new model was spotted again in the US. New images reveal a more crossover-like design.
The new Nissan LEAF is almost here
Launched in 2010, the LEAF was the world’s first mass-market electric vehicle. Over 15 years later, Nissan’s electric hatch has fallen out of favor, with over an EV from nearly every brand now on the market.
Nissan is preparing to launch the next-gen LEAF, which promises to be more stylish, have more range, and charge faster.
According to Nissan, the company previewed it with the Chill Out concept in 2021. After showing the new models to dealers, several described it as a crossover coupe and closer in design to the Ariya electric SUV. One even said it looked like a “mini Ariya.”
With an official debut expected later this year, the new Nissan LEAF is starting to pop up in public places for testing. Several photos are beginning to emerge online, capturing the upgraded model.
New Nissan LEAF spotted in the US (Source: Kindelauto)
Last month, we got our first look at the new model testing in the US. Although it was covered, you can still see that the next-gen LEAF has a better overall shape and design than the one we are used to seeing.
New images surfaced this week courtesy of Kindelauto, confirming the new LEAF will, in fact, be a crossover coupe. You can already tell it sits higher off the ground with a more aerodynamic sport profile.
New Nissan LEAF spotted in the US (Source: Kindelauto)
The new LEAF was caught in Colorado Springs. Check back soon for more info leading up to its launch. Nissan is expected to officially reveal the new LEAF as a 2026 model later this year.
The LEAF will compete in the US against another next-gen EV and an old rival, the Chevy Bolt, which is also due to return later this year. With its debut around the corner, we got our first glimpse this week of what appears to be the new Bolt EV model (check out the video).
How do you feel about the new LEAF? Do you like the crossover design? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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