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White Rivian Commercial Van plugged in under a solar canopy at a charging depot, with dark Rivian vans lined up behind it

EPA · EDV

Rivian's Electric Van Gets AWD and 30% More Range

Rivian is now delivering EDV 700 vans with a 129 kWh LFP pack and optional AWD. EPA lab figures show how much range the second motor costs.

Damien KestelooOct 303 min read

Gray BMW iX3 50 xDrive electric SUV parked in a parking lot, seen from the front three-quarter angle

BMW

BMW iX3 First Drive: A 5,000-Pound SUV That Corners Like a Sports Car

We drove the BMW iX3 50 xDrive. Its Heart of Joy computer hides 5,154 pounds in corners, and Silent mode makes one-pedal driving easy.

Damien KestelooOct 6

Front view of a blue BMW i3 50 xDrive electric sedan with its lights on

BMW i3 Reservations Open With a 468-Mile Estimate and No Price

BMW now takes $1,000 deposits on the electric i3 50 xDrive, rated at 446 to 468 miles by BMW's estimate, with no U.S. price and deliveries in early 2027.

Damien KestelooSep 30

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

Bentley

Bentley Names Its First EV Torcal, Borrowing From Torque Eight Months After Its CEO Said Everyone Has It

Bentley will call its first electric car the Torcal, the company announced from Crewe on July 6, 2026, ahead of a full reveal set for London on September 23. The name draws on El Torcal de Antequera, a limestone formation in Andalusia, Spain, and on the Latin torquere, to twist, the root of the modern…

Haye KestelooJul 6

Tesla's Charging Empire Might Expand with Hyundai

Model 3

EV Batteries Post A 0.3% Failure Rate While Buyers Keep Pricing In A Repair Bill That Rarely Comes

The average electric vehicle still delivers up to 95% of its original range after five years on the road, according to battery-data firm Recurrent, and the highest-mileage cars are making the point hard to ignore. Richard Symons, who runs a used-EV dealership in southern England, has logged 247,000 miles on his five-year-old Tesla Model 3…

Haye KestelooJul 5

Rivian

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

Tesla

Tesla’s June Rebound In Europe Runs On Subsidy Calendars As France Doubles And Norway Falls 43%

Tesla registrations climbed across most of Europe’s big EV markets in June. France more than doubled from a year earlier, Sweden rose 56%, Portugal and Italy each gained 43%, Denmark added 39%, and Spain managed 5.6% growth. Norway went the other way and dropped 43%. The numbers land as Tesla prepares to publish second-quarter delivery…

Haye KestelooJul 1

EPA

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