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Black and white camouflaged Lucid Cosmos prototype from behind on a highway, with a Downtown Morgan Hill exit sign and an American flag in the background

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Lucid Cosmos Caught Testing on US-101 as Lucid Builds 38% Fewer Cars

A camouflaged Lucid Cosmos prototype was photographed on US-101 in Morgan Hill, California, two months after Lucid pushed the SUV to the second half of 2027.

Haye KestelooOct 55 min read

Retail

Tesla Files to Open a Dallas Showroom on Knox Street, Steps from Rivian's Spaces Location

A Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing shows Tesla plans a 2,513-square-foot showroom at 3113 Knox Street in Dallas, landing on the same strip where rival Rivian opened its Spaces location last year.

Haye KestelooJul 10

Rivian

Rivian Files To Sell 75 Million Shares Into Its R2 Rally, The Dilution We Called In February

Rivian filed to sell 75 million new Class A shares after Monday’s market close, a deal worth roughly $1.5 billion at the day’s $20.14 closing price. The company says the proceeds will fund general corporate purposes, including the equity contribution requirements tied to its Department of Energy (DOE) loan for the Georgia factory. The timing…

Haye KestelooJul 6

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Rivian Beats Q2 Delivery Estimates And Raises Its 2026 Forecast, The Quarter The R2 Finally Showed Up

Rivian delivered 12,194 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026, up about 14% from the 10,661 it delivered a year ago and comfortably ahead of the 10,518 analysts expected, according to estimates compiled by Visible Alpha. And Rivian paired the beat with a bigger statement: it raised its full-year 2026 delivery forecast from 62,000-67,000 to…

Haye KestelooJul 2

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Weighs 100,000 Job Cuts And Four Plant Closures As Its EV Bet Comes Due

Volkswagen is considering cutting as many as 100,000 jobs and closing four German factories, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, June 26, in what would be the largest restructuring in the company’s 89-year history. The plants on the list are Volkswagen‘s sites in Hanover, Zwickau and Emden, plus Audi‘s factory in…

Haye KestelooJun 26

Rivian R2 Lease Prices Top $800 a Month, and the Expired Federal Credit Is Why Buyers Are Walking

Rivian began handing the first R2 mid-size SUVs to customers on June 9, and within days the vehicle’s lease quotes, not its driving reviews, became the story. A 36-month lease on the R2 Performance lists at $829 a month on Rivian’s own configurator, and a lighter down payment pushes the figure past $1,000. EVXL reported…

Haye KestelooJun 17

Model Y

Toyota bZ Undercuts The Tesla Model Y By $5,000, But Edmunds Still Hands Tesla The Win

Toyota rebuilt its only electric SUV from the floor up for 2026, dropped the clumsy bZ4X name, cut the entry price below $35,000, and added 62 miles of range to its volume trim. Edmunds just put the renamed Toyota bZ head-to-head against the Tesla Model Y and reached a split decision: the bZ wins on…

Haye KestelooJun 3

Tesla

Tesla Sets May 12 Fremont Send-Off For 350 Signature Edition Model S And Model X Buyers

Tesla will hold the Signature Edition delivery event for the final Model S and Model X ever built on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at its Fremont, California factory, according to the official invitation shared by Sawyer Merritt on X. The invitation has started going out to the 350 buyers who ordered one of the Plaid-only…

Haye KestelooApr 21

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