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Tesla Wins Sourcewell Contract to Sell EVs to 50, 000+ US Public Agencies
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (423+ words) Tesla'has been awarded a master purchasing agreement by Sourcewell that will streamline the company's access to more than 50, 000 government, education, and nonprofit organisations across the United States. The deal is established under Minnesota Statutes Section 123 A. 21, which authorises Sourcewell to run…...
Rivian Scales Sales, Service, Charging, Repair Operations Ahead of R2
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (1676+ words) Rivian has started building saleable R2 units with VIN numbers assigned at its Normal, Illinois plant, though the company had yet to formally announce the start of production or the first internal employee deliveries as of Friday morning. Customer deliveries are…...
Rivian to Open R2 Configurator in May as Internal One Goes Live | EV
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (906+ words) Rivian plans to open the public R2 online configurator in May, giving customers the ability to build and price the mid-size SUV on the company's website ahead of the first external deliveries in June. When it officially launched the model on…...
Rivian R2s Spotted at Customer Delivery Zone of Normal Plant
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (825+ words) Looks like #R2 employee deliveries are already happening? !" "EVguy Zach" " a Rivian R2 reservation holder " wrote on X alongside three pictures showing a blue R2 outside Rivian"s plant building. The EV maker founded and led by RJ Scaringe has not issued a…...
UBS Skeptical of Rivian's Licensing Ambitions for Legacy Automakers
11+ hour, 20+ min ago (1327+ words) UBS raised doubts over Rivian's bid to become the auto industry's 'Android,' days after founder and CEO RJ Scaringe reaffirmed the software-licensing strategy to the'Financial Times. In a new client note published on Tuesday, Joseph Spak commented on the interview…...
CATL Announces New 932-Mile Range Battery Amid Product Offensive to BYD
12+ hour, 43+ min ago (1078+ words) CATL, the world's largest battery maker, unveiled six major battery and infrastructure updates at its annual "Super Tech Day' in Beijing on Tuesday evening. The event " which'EV'attended " was held three days before the opening of the Beijing Auto Show on…...
Sony, Honda Reassign JV Staff to Parent Firms Amid Major Scale-Back
14+ hour, 37+ min ago (1191+ words) Sony Honda Mobility announced on Tuesday that the joint venture will scale down its operations and reassign employees to the two parent companies, less than a month after the development of both models was scrapped. Tuesday's announcement formally winds down…...
Tesla Shareholders Demand Updates on Optimus, Robotaxi, FSD on Earnings Call
17+ hour, 22+ min ago (1259+ words) As of early Tuesday, the Optimus humanoid robot production, Robotaxi expansion and unsupervised Full Self-Driving were dominating the top-voted list. As of Tuesday morning, 4, 650 participants representing 5. 9 million'Tesla'shares had voted on 1, 049 questions submitted to the platform. The questions are ranked on'Say…...
Nio Launches Firefly EV in China, Prices Start at $16, 400 with Battery Included
1+ year, 2+ day ago (467+ words) EV maker Nio officially held on Saturday the launch event of its EV model under the Group's third brand Firefly. With prices starting from 119, 800 yuan ($16, 400) for the compact EV model, Nio Group enters now the sub-150, 000 yuan segment with deliveries…...
Tesla's Dallas, Houston Robotaxi Fleet at Four Vehicles After First Expansion
17+ hour, 13+ min ago (1115+ words) Tesla launched its unsupervised Robotaxi service in Dallas and Houston on Saturday. However, crowdsourced data from the Robotaxi Tracker platform shows the company deployed just one vehicle in each city at launch. The rollout expanded Tesla's ride-hailing service beyond Austin…...