This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes Rivian’s new ALSO e-bike, FLIT sells a pound of caviar with its new lightweight folding e-bike, Florida wants e-bike riders to get a license, and more. The Wheel-E podcast … Continue reading “Wheel-E Podcast: Rivian’s futuristic ALSO e-bike unveiled, more”
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Electric vehicle batteries have gotten remarkably better and cheaper over the last decade as cleaner cars have exploded in popularity. Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe thinks there’s still room for improvement. During an interview on this week’s Plugged-In Podcast, Scaringe told InsideEVs that his startup’s main focus right now on the battery front is making EVs … Continue reading “Where Rivian’s CEO Sees EV Batteries Going Next”
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Rivian’s chief software officer confirmed the company’s EVs will get text messaging capabilities in 2025 The text messaging solution will utilize native text-to-speech via a new voice tech stack Google Cast and native YouTube application will come in the next software update Two years ago, Rivian Chief Software Officer Wassym Bensaid told owners and fans … Continue reading “Rivians getting native text messaging in 2025, but not via CarPlay”
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In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla increasing its sale incentives, a potential new EV credit in California, Rivian’s new factory gets funded, and more. Today’s episode is sponsored by Huffy Bicycles, a household name in micromobility. For a limited … Continue reading “Podcast: Tesla sale incentives intensify, new California EV credit?, Rivian’s new factory, and more”
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Photo: RWE Rivian will power its DC fast-charging network with renewable energy company RWE’s Champion Wind farm in Texas. The two companies just signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for electricity from RWE’s repowered Champion Wind in Nolan and Mitchell counties, west of Abilene. The 127-megawatt (MW) Champion Wind is getting new turbine nacelles … Continue reading “A wind farm in Texas will help power Rivian’s Adventure Network”
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Rivian (RIVN) is losing its vice president of manufacturing, Tim Fallon, to Jeep, Dodge owner Stellantis (STLA) to spearhead its upcoming EV offensive in the US. Rivian loses EV manufacturing boss to Jeep, Ram For the past two years and seven months, Fallon has helped Rivian scale the output of not one but three electric … Continue reading “Rivian’s manufacturing boss is leaving to lead Jeep, Dodge’s EV offensive”
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Rivian is turning an old gas station into a charging hub Yosemite Outpost will also serve as a charging education point Station will have solar and be net zero, Rivian says Rivian has set up a so-called Yosemite Outpost for EV charging that will serve not only as a logistical stop for adventurers headed into … Continue reading “Rivian’s EV charging gateway to Yosemite used to be a gas station”