Rivian’s Electric Truck Gets All the Attention, But Its Fate Is Tied to Amazon
(Bloomberg) — (This is the second story in a series examining Rivian’s origins and its future. Read the first installment here.) Most Read from Bloomberg Jeff Bezos stood before a packed conference room in Washington, D.C., and declared war on…
Taiwan’s Foxconn iPhone Maker Buys Failing Lordstown Ohio Electric Truck Plant
Formerly American Owned Lordstown Motors SEE ALSO: EV’s Are Only Built On Wall Street ABC News reported that the agreement with Lordstown gives Foxconn a sprawling manufacturing site where GM built cars for more than 50 years before closing the…
Rivian’s New R1T Electric Truck Makes Off-Roading Feel Like a Grocery Run
It’s a steep climb up Wise Mountain. At more than 12,000 feet above sea level, the trail that ascends the tree line in the midst of the Rocky Mountains is one of the highest in Colorado. Most gasoline-powered cars here would be wheezing for air, much…
Remember Atlis? Startup debuts prototype XT electric pickup truck
Atlis It’s been nearly four years since Atlis announced its presence with the intention to build a burly, electric pickup truck. Since then, a lot has changed and new potential rivals emerged. But, Atlis remains and it returned on Monday to show…
2022 North American Car, Truck, Utility of the Year semifinalists named
The 2022 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year semifinalists were announced Tuesday at the inaugural Motor Bella at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac. The vehicles were chosen by a jury of 50 U.S. and Canadian automotive journalists from a…
After Years of Waiting, We Have a Real Electric Truck, And Maybe a New Elon Musk
Rivian founder and CEO R.J. Scaringe sitting in a blue electric pickup truck, called the R1T, the first produced in the EV factory in September 2021 A real electric pickup truck has been a long time coming. Sure, we’ve had a couple in the past, made in…
Ford adding 450 jobs to meet demand for new electric truck
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to spend $250 million and add 450 jobs at three Michigan plants to meet demand for the new F-150 Lightning. Ford already has taken more than 150,000 reservations for the new electric version of its immensely…
Rivian beats Tesla, GM and Ford to build the first electric pickup truck
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business There is a winner in the race to build the first consumer ready electric pickup truck, and it isn’t Tesla, Ford or General Motors. It’s Rivian. Who? The startup truck maker’s first R1T pickup come off the line in a former…