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If you spend enough time in the EV world, someone will talk about A Better Routeplanner and how great it is for, you know, planning routes. With a lot of built-in trip planning solutions not yet up to snuff, A Better Routeplanner would often come in clutch for EV road trips. Rivian, seeing an advantage, […]

Rivian is unquestionably one of the more interesting startup electric vehicle manufacturers. The company’s closely related R1T pickup and R1S utility vehicle not only look great, but they come with upscale interiors and offer lots of clever features. Broadening this up-and-coming brand’s appeal, Rivian is working on a series of smaller vehicles. As with the […]

On June 25 Ford will participate in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. This is hardly earth-shattering news as the automaker has a rich motorsports history, but what’s shocking is the vehicle Ford will use to charge up the mountain. No, it’s not a heavily modified Mustang sports car, the F-150 Raptor R pickup truck […]

As we reported last month, Cadillac is preparing to unleash an all-electric version of its iconic Escalade luxury SUV. Details about this vehicle were — and indeed still are — scarce, but we at least know when the Escalade IQ will be revealed. On Tuesday, the automaker announced the vehicle’s official debut is set for […]

Every year, our friends over at Cars.com release a list of vehicles that are the most made in the United States. The list is comprised of not just manufacturing location, but parts sourcing and employment. The top 10 list this year is full of EVs, and it will only likely grow as more and more […]

In an email circulating this morning, Rivian announced that it will support the Tesla connector charging standard by 2024, and provide Rivian drivers access to the 12,000 charging stations on the Tesla Supercharger network. Following the lead of Ford, and then General Motors, Rivian is the next electric OEM to dump CCS for NACS. Rivian […]

If you live in a CARB state, your local Jeep dealership is only going to have 4xe Wranglers on the lot. If you live in a non-CARB state, the reverse will be true. That is, unless you custom order. Based on a report from Automotive News, Stellantis is changing up how it allocates its gasoline-only […]

With Ford and GM announcing that their respective companies will be adopting the Tesla charging (NACS) connector in 2025, it has been asked who else is going to support it. Which automakers are supporting NACS? But more importantly, which charging companies, EVSE providers, and more are supporting NACS? The folks over at EVAdoption are maintaining […]

The combustion-powered GV70 SUV has been a huge hit for the Genesis brand. Of course, it remains to be seen whether the soon-to-arrive all-electric model will be a similar showroom success, but executives at the South Korean luxury brand don’t seem worried. Speaking at a media presentation in Alabama earlier this week, Tedros Mengiste, vice […]

The Lexus lineup is getting another SUV. On Thursday, the luxury brand unveiled its new three-row TX, which joins the UX, NX and RX, among other utility vehicles in the product range. Appropriately given this family-hauler’s name, it was revealed in Austin, Texas. Built on the GA-K platform, just like the closely related Toyota Grand […]