Rivian

Rivian Automotive and Volkswagen Group have announced plans to form a joint venture, equally controlled and owned by both companies, to develop next-generation electrical architecture and advanced software technology. This collaboration aims to accelerate software development for both Rivian and Volkswagen Group, combining their respective strengths to reduce costs per vehicle by increasing scale and […]

Rivian has unveiled the second generation of its R1S SUV and R1T pickup, featuring numerous hardware improvements, performance upgrades, and a redesigned software experience. These vehicles maintain Rivian’s signature exterior design while introducing a new zonal electrical architecture and updated compute and autonomy platforms. The new models offer various motor configurations, design elements, and customization […]

The next steps in startup electric automaker Rivian’s ongoing journey were revealed on Thursday. The Irvine, California-based company unveiled its highly anticipated R2 mid-size battery-powered SUV — along with two other, closely related products. This new vehicle offers a raft of adventure-ready features in a more manageably sized package than the brand’s larger R1S utility […]

Like buying gas station sushi for lunch, purchasing from a startup company is always risky. Are the products any good, what support is offered, will the manufacturer still be around in 3 or 4 years? Bucking convention, the Rivian R1T all-electric mid-size pickup seems to sidestep many of the issues that plague vehicles from upstart […]

While the Rivian R1T has been available for some time in some configurations, there has only been really one way to buy one. That is to say, you have to buy it. Either cash money or a loan was required to put Rivian’s electric truck in your driveway. Launching today that changes, with Rivian offering […]

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 […]

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 […]

When videos and reviews of the Ford F-150 Lightning came out, people were outraged by how much the range dropped while towing. In our testing, the truck didn’t do too badly, but other publications saw much larger declines. This led to plenty of inflammatory tweets and clickbait headlines. But here’s why folks are dead wrong […]

Commercial vans aren’t exciting. But when it comes to electrification, delivery vans specifically are ripe for new technology. Working with Amazon, Rivian has constructed an electric delivery van (EDV) that is quite possibly the most innovative product we’ve seen. If you’ve been paying attention, you know we like the Ford E-Transit. We’ve reviewed it here, […]