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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

R2 · Lucid

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

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

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

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

Alpharetta Deploys First City-Owned Tesla Supercharger To Charge Its Electric Police Fleet

Alpharetta, GA, makes history as the first city to own a Tesla Supercharger station for its police fleet and the public via Tesla’s Supercharger for Business.

Haye KestelooMar 11

Rivian

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

Haye KestelooMar 2

Cybertruck

Tesla’s $59,990 Cybertruck Is Gone — The New Base Price Is $69,990

Ten days. That’s how long Tesla kept the door open on a $59,990 Cybertruck. On March 1, the introductory price disappeared from the configurator and the new base figure landed at $69,990 — still $10,000 less than the Premium trim, but a notable jump for buyers who weren’t fast enough to order. Autoblog first reported…

Haye KestelooMar 1

Tesla

Tesla Tall Pedestal for Wall Connector Brings Freestanding Level 2 Charging to Parking Lots and Commercial Properties

Walk through any commercial parking lot and the problem is obvious: there is no wall to mount a charger on. Tesla’s new Tall Pedestal for Wall Connector, now listed at shop.tesla.com, answers that problem directly. It is a 76-inch aluminum post that gives property managers and fleet operators a freestanding home for one or two…

Haye KestelooFeb 28

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