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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…
Two U.S. senators want federal regulators to pull apart the statistics Tesla uses to claim its driver-assistance software is far safer than a human behind the wheel. Senators Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter on June 16, 2026 to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Jonathan Morrison, calling…
A Chinese vacuum-cleaner company now wants to build the most powerful electric car on the planet. Kosmera, the high-performance brand spun off from smart-home giant Dreame, has detailed a quad-motor powertrain targeting 2,320 kW, or 3,156 horsepower, for its upcoming Star Matrix and Star Razer grand tourers. The figure would put a first-year automaker above…
Tesla's Cybercab cleared EPA certification: front-wheel drive, 219 hp, 326V pack. The 418-mile calculated range needs a caveat before the window sticker.
BMW pulled the cover off the M Concept Neue Klasse at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Friday, June 12, and the car is the closest public look yet at the electric M3 expected in 2027. The concept pairs four electric motors with an 800-volt system and a battery holding more than 100 kWh,…
Porsche will not build a fully electric version of the 911, CEO Michael Leiters said this week, drawing a hard line around the one car the company cannot afford to get wrong. He made the remark at an event hosted by the German magazine Auto, Motor und Sport, the 911 stays combustion and hybrid. The…
Ford’s $30,000 electric pickup has been photographed on public streets for the first time, and the sighting happened in Long Beach, California, roughly 2,300 road miles from the metro Detroit area where the company said camouflaged prototypes would soon appear. The Autopian published exclusive spy photos on June 9, 2026, showing a camouflaged four-door pickup…
New research published in The China Journal dismantles the story Washington tells itself about China’s electric vehicle rise. Political scientists Fengming Lu and Xiao Ma argue the boom was never engineered by a Beijing master plan. It grew from alliances between ambitious second-tier city governments and private carmakers that central regulators had locked out of…
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