Photo: Amber DaSilva / Jalopnik Rivian makes excellent electric trucks and SUVs, but it’s not great at actually making money on them yet — the company loses tens of thousands of dollars on every EV it gets out the door. To rectify those financial woes, Rivian is now offering thousands of dollars off its R1S … Read more
These days, pickup trucks are no longer basic work vehicles that may or may not have power windows or air conditioning. Now, they offer almost any feature you’ll find on a crossover in addition to being able to tow, haul and off-road. The upside is that trucks are more comfortable and daily drivable than they’ve … Read more
Table of Contents Table of Contents Design Interior and tech Performance Range and charging Pricing and availability Overall winner: Rivian R1S The long-awaited Volvo EX90 is finally here, bringing that Scandinavian design to the world of electric SUVs. But the new electric SUV has some serious competition — especially at its reasonably high price. Chief … Read more
A recent survey by research firm Accenture determined that a majority of potential buyers of electric vehicles (EVs) are mostly concerned with reliability, affordability, and how well EVs integrate into their daily lives. It seems Plug In America, a nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the shift to electric vehicles, has listened to those concerns as it … Read more
Table of Contents Table of Contents Design Interior and tech Performance Range and charging Pricing and availability Overall winner: Rivian R1S The Hyundai Ioniq 9 is finally set to roll out in the near future, with Hyundai claiming that it’ll launch the vehicle in the first half of 2025. But the electric SUV has some … Read more
The share of electric and hybrid vehicle sales continued to grow in the U.S. in the third quarter, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported this month. Taken together, sales of purely electric vehicles (EVs), hybrids, and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) represented 19.6% of total light-duty vehicle (LDV) sales last quarter, up from 19.1% in the second … Read more
When most of us think about Dolby Atmos, an immersive movie experience with loads of speakers is what comes to mind. It is, after all, where the first Dolby Atmos experience happened back in 2012 at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood. The object-based surround sound system extended into the home a couple years later, … Read more
And then, it all came together. Finding an adequate, accessible, and available charging station; charging up; and paying for the service before hitting the road have all been far from a seamless experience for many drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) in the U.S. That’s about to change thanks to a just-announced initiative by the Biden … Read more
Photo: Jaguar The most annoying and stupid people on the internet have been screaming about Jaguar’s “woke” rebrand for almost a month now, despite the teaser campaign being extremely typical fashion-adjacent stuff that’s fitting for the new concept’s launch happening at Miami Art Week, and the “Copy Nothing” tagline actually being the company founder Sir … Read more
Hyundai must feel good about the U.S. market right now: It just posted “record-breaking” November sales, led by its electric and hybrid vehicles. It wouldn’t be too far of a stretch for the South Korean automaker to believe it must be doing something right about answering the demands of the market. And at least one … Read more
