Rivian’s IPO filing is now public
"">Electric vehicle startup Rivian, which started deliveries of its R1T pickup truck in September, released its fing to become a publicly traded company in the United States.
The S-1 document fed Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not include terms for its offering.
GM’s US factories will switch to renewable energy five years ahead of schedule
Earlier this year, GM announced plans to go green by 2035 with the vehicles it produces and by 2030 with how it produces them. Now, the company has announced that it will be early on the “how” part, using 100 percent renewable energy across its US operations by 2025 — five years ahead
Foxconn will build EVs for Lordstown Motors and Fisker at Ohio plant
Foxconn will build electric vehicles for Lordstown Motors as well as its other partner Fisker Inc. at a former GM factory in Ohio, under an agreement announced Thursday.
Lordstown Motors, the beleaguered electric vehicle company that became publicly traded via a merger with a special purpose acqui
NASA awards $253M to two companies developing electric propulsion tech for aircraft
NASA has chosen two U.S. companies to develop electric propulsion technologies for aircraft, with the aim of introducing this tech to U.S. aviation fleets by 2035.
The two companies, GE Aviation and MagniX, will conduct their work over the next five years. That includes ground and flight test demon
First drive of the Lucid Air reveals power and panache
While cruising along Interstate 8 in the Lucid Air, it didn’t take long for the conversation to turn to spider graphs. Spider graphs offer a quick glimpse of how various factors like power, performance, weight and aerodynamics interact with one another.
For the engineer sitting in the passeng
Cruise, Waymo get OK to launch robotaxi service in San Francisco
The California Department of Motor Vehicles gave General Motors-backed Cruise and Alphabet-owned Waymo the green light to start charging for autonomous services offered to the public.
On Thursday, Cruise received a “driverless deployment permit,” which means it can receive compensation
Aurora shines spotlight on autonomous truck tech, strategy ahead of SPAC merger
On Interstate 45 in Texas, a billboard with “Aurora” emblazoned at the top in giant white letters offers a cryptic message: “A new way to drive is on the horizon.”
It’s hard to know just how many of the thousands of drivers on this stretch of road know what that means
Sharing mobility data without compromising privacy
In recent years, rows of electric scooters and bikes lining sidewalks have become a common sight in cities around the United States.
The size of the e-scooter market alone is expected to surpass $40 billion by 2025, and Americans have taken more than 342 million trips on shared bikes and e-scooters
Lordstown Motors in talks to sell its 6.2M-square-foot factory to Taiwan’s Foxconn
EV startup Lordstown Motors made headlines when it purchased a 6.2 million-square-foot factory from General Motors in 2019. Now, it looks like the strapped-for-cash startup will likely sell that facility to Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group.
The news was first reported by Bloomberg, who said un
Rivian R1T Camp Kitchen: Check out the final version of the electric pickup’s outdoor cooking station
In 2019, Rivian showed up at the Overland Expo West in Flagstaff, Arizona with a prototype of what is now known as the Camp Kitchen. Now, with production ready 2022 Rivian R1T electric pickup trucks coming off the assembly line, the final version of the kitchen is ready for prime time.
The automake
Honda Motor Co. announces plans for eVTOL, avatar robots and space technologies
Honda Motor Company announced plans to innovate in new business areas like electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL), bipedal robots and space technology.
Honda R&D Co., Honda Motor Company’s (HMC) innovations arm, will be leading the effort on “outside-the-box researc
UC Berkeley finds gig workers could earn $4.82 per hour if MA ballot proposal passes
A coalition of app-based delivery and ride-hail companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash recently filed a ballot proposition in Massachusetts to continue classifying gig economy workers as independent contractors, rather than employees. If the measure makes it to the November 2022 ballot and passes,
General Motors’ new software platform Ultifi is coming to vehicles starting in 2023
General Motors is rolling out Ultifi, a new end-to-end software platform in vehicles starting in 2023 that executives say will usher in a sweeping set of capabilities, including giving drivers access to in-car subscription and using over-the-air updates to offer new apps and services.
The software
First drive: Rivian delivers the electric truck we’ve been waiting for
On its first try, Rivian produced the Goldilocks of pickup trucks.
The Rivian R1T electric truck is neither too big nor small. It handles rock crawling and off-camber trails with ease, can zip from zero to 60 miles per hour on a dirt road in just a few seconds without the typical back-end slippage