
Rivian Forms ‘RAD’ Skunkworks Team to Stay Ahead of Scout, Land Rover, and the Electric Off-Road Wave
Rivian officially launches the Rivian Adventure Department (RAD), a specialized skunkworks team of engineers and designers. Focused on pushing
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Rivian officially launches the Rivian Adventure Department (RAD), a specialized skunkworks team of engineers and designers. Focused on pushing

The numbers Stellantis published Wednesday, February 26, confirm what the February 6 preliminary announcement already signaled: Stellantis booked a €20.1 billion net loss for the second half of 2025, or roughly $23.8 billion, driven by €25.4 billion in total writedowns across the full year. The second-half adjusted operating loss came in at €1.38 billion, in line with…

The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has independently verified that a Donut Lab solid-state cell charged from 0 to 80% in 4.5 minutes at an 11C rate — a result that legitimately puts the Finnish startup ahead of every other solid-state developer on raw charging speed. Having tracked solid-state battery announcements for years, I’ve…

After spending a decade covering the EV market, one stat in a new 61-page Fraunhofer Institute study stopped me cold: the average Porsche PHEV driver charged their battery to less than 50% capacity exactly once over two years. That’s 7 kilowatt-hours total. You’d use more electricity running a space heater for an afternoon. The study,…

The same auto industry lobby that represents GM, Stellantis, and Ford in Canada just told Prime Minister Mark Carney his Chinese EV deal is making an already brutal US trade negotiation worse. Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association (CVMA), made the comments at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto…

Three months after the federal EV tax credit expired, a collector car fintech CEO told WardsAuto what we’ve been reporting since last summer: legacy automakers bet billions on government subsidies instead of building EVs people would buy without them. The combined damage now totals $53 billion across Ford, GM, and Stellantis. The write-downs keep getting…

Six months ago, when we first reported on Stellantis shuttering factories to dodge EU emission fines, the company’s Europe chief called electrification targets “unreachable.” On Friday morning, the bill for that failed strategy arrived: €22.2 billion ($26 billion) in charges, a suspended dividend, and a 28% stock crash that wiped out billions in market value…

Every Tesla on the road today has two batteries. The big one moves the car. The small one opens the doors. When that small battery dies in a crash, you’re locked inside. Samuel Tremblett found that out at 1:04 a.m. on October 29, on a dark stretch of Route 138 in Easton, Massachusetts. The 20-year-old’s…
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