Rivian is partnering with hospitality company Under Canvas to provide EV charging at the latter's glamping sites. Under the partnership, Rivian will provide its Waypoint Level 2 chargers at Under Canvas sites in Utah, positioned near two popular outdoor destinations: Moab and Lake Powell. The sites offer a more upscale alternative to traditional... Partnership enables Rivian electric truck charging while glamping
Rivian is partnering with hospitality company Under Canvas to provide EV charging at the latter's glamping sites. Under the partnership, Rivian will provide its Waypoint Level 2 chargers at Under Canvas sites in Utah, positioned near two popular outdoor destinations: Moab and Lake Powell. The sites offer a more upscale alternative to traditional... 
The first pre-production 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV has rolled off the assembly line at General Motors' Spring Hill, Tennessee, factory, GM president Mark Reuss announced Thursday on LinkedIn. GM is aiming to ship the first customer vehicles in "a few months" Reuss said. That means the automaker could meet the first-quarter 2022 deadline it... 
Two concept vehicles unveiled at this week's 2022 Florida RV SuperShow hint at a future for the industry that doesn't involve gasoline or diesel. The Winnebago e-RV concept is based on a Ford Transit van. But instead of the factory-built E-Transit, which hasn't started deliveries yet, Winnebago used a standard Transit with an electric powertrain... 
The classic Airstream trailer is going electric. Just under a year after it announced plans to pursue electric travel trailers, Airstream parent company Thor Industries unveiled a concept version Wednesday at the 2022 Florida RV SuperShow. Dubbed eStream, the concept uses built-in battery packs and an electric motor to reduce the range loss of EV... 
Blink Charging will supply Level 2 charging stations to General Motors dealerships in the United States and Canada, the company announced Tuesday in a press release. The Blink IQ 200 19.2-kilowatt charging stations are already shipping to dealerships, with orders placed for more to be delivered over the next several months, the company said. That... 
The BMW X3 xDrive30e plug-in hybrid has been dropped for the 2022 model year, the automaker confirmed in a press release of its updates for the new model year. With the all-electric iX3 not slated to reach the United States, that leaves BMW without a plug-in offering in the entry luxury SUV segment, which is quickly being populated with new EV... 
The United States has large reserves of lithium, but not enough processing and refining infrastructure to turn into useful material for EV batteries, according to a recent CNBC report. The U.S. holds almost eight million metric tons of lithium in reserve, ranking it among the top five countries in the world, but only 1% of global lithium is... 
Battery-electric car sales overtook diesel for the first time in Europe, the Financial Times reported Sunday. This is an important milestone, as diesel has been the default choice for European car buyers for decades. Registrations of new "electrified" vehicles—including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electric cars... 
The median range of new EV models sold in the United States decreased for the 2021 model year, according to the EPA. For the 2021 model year, the median range for EVs was 234 miles, compared to 259 miles for the 2020 model year, the EPA said in a short blog post. Note that this isn't sales-weighted, nor is it an average. Rather, it's a... 
Steering yokes and touchpad controls are considered cutting-edge car tech today, but 35 years ago a General Motors prototype had those features and more. The 1987 Pontiac Pursuit aimed to show what cars would be like in the then-far-off year 2000. MotorWeek recently posted a period review to YouTube, as part of the show's Retro Review series... 
In a reliability survey published last November, Consumer Reports named electric SUVs the least-reliable vehicle type. Now CR has followed that up with a report shedding light on specific problem areas. On average, EVs have significantly higher problem rates than internal-combustion vehicles across model years 2019 and 2020, according to CR's... 
Adopt a Charger, a nonprofit that aims to install EV charging at scenic and cultural destinations, on Thursday announced a partnership with Rivian to add charging stations at Yosemite National Park and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The nonprofit has already converted 13 existing Level 2 charging stations at Yosemite to Rivian... 
Prices of used Tesla electric cars have soared according to a new report from battery analysis firm Recurrent. The averages prices of most used EV models rose dramatically in 2021 but Recurrent, which markets battery health reports for EVs, appears to connect price increases for new Tesla vehicles to the rise in used-Tesla prices. Average prices... 
Volkswagen on Wednesday announced that it doubled global EV deliveries in 2021, delivering 452,900 EVs worldwide and about 17,000 in the United States. Those are respectable numbers for what was in many respects the first year of VW's mass-market EV push, with the VW ID.4 arriving in the U.S. and the ID.3 ramping up to higher volumes in Europe... 
Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University claim to have found a method to "revitalize" lithium-ion batteries, potentially extending their useful lifespan by nearly 30%. The research points to a novel way to slow battery degradation. As lithium-ion batteries rack up charge/discharge... 
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Another year has gone by without a resolution to the fight between franchised dealerships—which had a strong 2021 thanks to weak supply and strong demand—and the direct-sales model pioneered by Tesla, and now taken up by Rivian and Lucid. This is a familiar saga to anyone who has followed EV developments over the past decade, but the... 
Most Americans still aren't ready to buy an EV, according to the Deloitte 2022 Global Automotive Study, which examines consumer perceptions of electrification and other technology movements in the auto industry. More than two-thirds (69%) of Americans said their next vehicle won't have any kind of electrification, while only 5% saw their next... 
General Motors has agreed to recognize California's authority to set its own vehicle emissions standards. This will make GM vehicles eligible for California government fleet purchases, according to the automaker. These statements were made in a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom first shared with The Detroit News. GM said in the letter... 
Tesla on Thursday announced a Track Mode for the Model S Plaid that adds torque vectoring, improved cooling, and more aggressive suspension settings. Rolling out to cars in North America this week, Track Mode was developed to aid the Model S in achieving its lap record for production cars at Germany's Nürburgring, Tesla said in a blog post... 
North Carolina-based Atom Power is launching a new EV charging station that could make managing electricity costs easier at apartments and condos. The Atom Power Purpl charges directly from a circuit breaker, so no electronics are contained in the unit itself, the company explained last month in a press release. That also enables an energy...