EV
Why The Slate Truck Will Use LFP Batteries After All
Slate will ship its minimalist, ultra-customizable pickup later this year with a different battery pack than the one it announced when it first revealed the EV last April. The Jeff Bezos-backed auto startup has swapped out its planned nickel manganese…
At $24,950, The Slate Truck Will Test What America Really Wants
America’s car market keeps smashing records, and not the good kind. These are not the sorts of uplifting achievements that are fun to read about in the Guinness Book. Like the world’s smallest living dog (Pearl, the 3.5-inch-tall Chihuahua). Or…
The Mustang Mach-E Won’t Move To Ford’s New EV Platform
Ford confirms new UEV platform won't be used in the Mach-E, casting doubt over a direct successor. The Mach-E remains Ford’s only U.S. passenger EV, but sales are down, and the model is aging. Ford’s EV reset may be less…
Rivian Discontinues Its Cheapest R1T And R1S As R2 Rolls Out
Rivian has stopped selling the cheapest variants of the R1S SUV and R1T pickup. The Dual Standard models, which had smaller batteries and less range, are no more. The change comes as R2 customer deliveries ramp up. Rivian's cheapest R1S…
This Ex-Rental Tesla’s Battery Was Heavily Degraded. Then The Decline Slowed
This ex-rental Tesla had already lost 20% of its battery capacity by 122,000 miles. Its battery health then dropped from 80% to 76% in a year, then only slipped to 75% over the next 14 months. The test suggests that…
Rivian Has A Bold Plan For You To Skip The Repair Shop
Rivian performs about half of all service requests through mobile techs today. The company wants to raise that figure to around 80%. Around 800 vehicles are in Rivian's mobile tech fleet today—eight times the number of physical service centers it…
This Xiaomi Was Slow Around The Nurburgring. It Also Had No Driver
Xiaomi’s YU7 GT completed a driverless Nurburgring lap, but it was over three minutes slower than the human run. The 10-minute lap shows autonomy can survive the Nordschleife, but not yet attack it like a pro driver. Xiaomi’s run is…