Most large SUVs missed the IIHS' highest safety honor in 2026. Take a closer look at two electric luxury models that made the cut and what sets them apart.

Redwood Materials and Rivian are expanding their existing EV battery partnership, adding a fresh battery material recycling effort to the EV startup’s Normal, Illinois, vehicle factory and, potentially, other Rivian-o...

Tesla dropped Autosteer as standard on Model Y and now requires a $99/month FSD subscription — more expensive than Ford, GM, or Rivian rivals.

Tesla dropped Autosteer as standard on Model Y and now requires a $99/month FSD subscription — more expensive than Ford, GM, or Rivian rivals.

What would you choose with up to $120,000 to spend on a fully customized EV – a Lucid Air, Rivian R1S, Porsche Macan Electric, BMW i7, or perhaps two EVs instead of one? more…

The boss of US firm Rivian tells us how his company is working with the VW Group to deliver a new generation of advanced electric cars

New EV sales rose in July compared to the month prior, but are still down significantly from last year

Another week, another new car brand announcing that it’s heading to Britain. This time it’s Zeekr, the Chinese premium electric car company that sits within the vast Geely empire alongside Volvo, Polestar, Lotus and a...

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 rumors of a Tesla/SpaceX merger, Rivian’s earnings, R2 progress, and effic...

Out of Spec Reviews put a Rivian R2 Performance and a Tesla Model Y Performance on the same roads on the same afternoon. The R2 used 18% to 26% more energy at every single speed they tested. That’s awkward, because th...

Easily the world's quickest pickup truck, the quad-motor Rivian R1T produces 1025 hp and outruns a plethora of exotic supercars on its way to 60 mph.

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the money automakers charge for self-driving software won’t last, comparing autonomy to airbags: a paid option today, baked into the price of every car tomorrow. The comments, made in a new...

Founder and big boss RJ Scaringe said the autonomous tech will be akin to the rival EV builder's Full Self-Driving.

Rivian flew us out to beautiful Park City, Utah, to get a first test of the R2, its $45,000 “bet-the-company” mass market SUV that it has promised for years. Today it begins delivering these vehicles, and I can say un...

We’ve got some positive news from Volkswagen and Rivian this month, but we’ve also got a matter of concern for Volkswagen that could be quite costly. Volkswagen × Rivian Going Well One of Volkswagen’s big EV plays in ...

Rivian has opened the online configurator for the R2, its critical mid-size electric SUV, giving reservation holders their first chance to spec out the vehicle ahead of deliveries. The Performance trim starts at $57,9...

Electric vehicle makers including Rivian and Scout are using ballot threats and new legal tactics to bypass dealer franchise laws and sell directly to consumers.

One of the benefits electric vehicles have that gas and diesel vehicles do not is that EV battery packs can be used again for a second life as stationary energy storage. It’s been 10 years since I wrote this article, ...

Rivian is partnering with Redwood Materials, the battery company founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, to build a second-life battery energy storage system at its EV manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois. The ...