The Rivian R2 Squeezed Out Six Extra Miles Of Range With This Innovative Design Rivian engineers hid the rear wiper for the upcoming R2 inside of the tailgate. Here's why they did it. InsideEVs · Feb 13
Rivian R2 And Toyota Highlander: Could These SUVs Become the EV Hits America Needs? Toyota and Rivian, two very different companies, just launched crucial new EVs at a daunting time. Will they succeed? InsideEVs · Feb 13
China’s Next Safety Target May Be Yoke Steering Wheels A new safety standard draft from China requires rim impact test points yokes don’t have, so they could go away as of 2027. InsideEVs · Feb 13
Waymo’s Wild-Looking Chinese Van Is Ready For Prime Time The Zeekr-made Ojai minivan fitted with Waymo’s sixth-generation Driver suite will start offering trips to employees soon. InsideEVs · Feb 13
Canada Just Unveiled Its Boldest EVs Yet The Vector and Borealis are Canada’s way of saying: “We have EVs at home.” Here's what they look like. InsideEVs · Feb 13
Rivian R2 Production Starts With 20,000 To 25,000 Deliveries In 2026 Rivian plans to start R2 production in the second quarter, then ramp up toward the end of the year, its CFO said Thursday. InsideEVs · Feb 12
The 2027 Toyota Highlander Gets An EV Feature Most Teslas Don't Have Toyota is getting way more serious about EVs, and the 2027 Highlander's bidirectional charging proves it. InsideEVs · Feb 12
Are Western Automakers Still Cooked In The Era Of AI? Chinese automakers have a commanding lead with electric vehicles and battery technology. AI could soon be the next big arms race. InsideEVs · Feb 12
GM’s Next-Generation EVs Are A Big Reset. Here’s What We Know GM will release a new EV architecture that debuts with the 2028 Escalade Iq and it brings new batteries and new features such as eyes-off automated driving. InsideEVs · Feb 12
Stranded In -35°F: Here’s How Long A Tesla Model 3 Can Keep You Warm A 2024 Tesla Model 3 was left outside in one of the world’s coldest places. It still kept the interior temperature comfortable. InsideEVs · Feb 12
Aurora’s Driverless Trucks Can Now Run Longer Than Humans Drivers Are Legally Allowed The startup’s latest update will enable its driverless trucks to cover 1,000 miles without stopping for mandatory rest breaks. InsideEVs · Feb 12
BYD's Plan To Make The Atto 3 More Popular: Double The Horsepower And Better Charging The 2026 BYD Atto 3 Evo is a thorough update of the small crossover for European markets. It shifts to RWD and gains a frunk. InsideEVs · Feb 11
Volvo Can Finally Build A Proper Electric Wagon. Here’s Why SUVs may be the focus right now, but there's a real opening for a large Volvo wagon. Here's why it may happen. InsideEVs · Feb 11
We Finally Know How Fast The Tesla Semi Will Charge: Very, Very Fast The trucks can add roughly enough energy to charge six Standard Range Model 3s in 30 minutes. That's what 1.2 Megawatts of power can do. InsideEVs · Feb 11
InsideEVs · Feb 11 How Does This Chinese EV Offer 620 Miles Of Range? The Secret Is A New Battery Chemistry China’s FAW Group has a novel battery chemistry that promises to deliver extraordinary energy density.
InsideEVs · Feb 11 Tesla Deleted Lots Of Features In The Model Y Standard, But It Didn’t Ruin It It has less range, fewer toys, and a worse frunk, but the Tesla Model Y Standard is still a lot of EV for the money. It's also great to drive.
InsideEVs · Feb 11 Rivian Updated The R2’s Manual Door Release, And People Are Mad The driver and front passenger can easily open their doors in an emergency. Rear passengers, not so much–and people are angry.
InsideEVs · Feb 11 Honda’s EV Sales Plunged–And GM Could Be The Surprise Winner Honda’s deal with General Motors is backfiring, but the American auto giant still stands to gain from it.
InsideEVs · Feb 11 2027 Toyota Highlander: An American-Made, 320-Mile Electric Three-Row SUV Built in the U.S. with American-made batteries, the 2027 Toyota Highlander will go toe to toe with the Hyundai Ioniq 9 and Kia EV9.
InsideEVs · Feb 10 Want To Save $92,000 On An Audi E-Tron GT? The Used Deals Are Wild One of the sickest EVs ever is a ridiculous used-car bargain. They're almost $100,000 cheaper than new models.
InsideEVs · Feb 10 Freezing Temps Crush Range. But Kia's Newest EV Dominated This Test A Kia EV2 prototype took part in a brutal sub-zero group range test in Norway and lost less than 25% of its claimed range, winning the test.
InsideEVs · Feb 10 'A Better Product': What Rivian Learned From The R1 To Make The R2 Rivian engineers and designers say they took customer feedback seriously from the R1S and R1T to make the R2. Among them: two glove boxes.
InsideEVs · Feb 10 Canada's Chinese EV Deal Doesn't End With Imports Canada doesn't just want to let in Chinese imports. It wants to work with Chinese car companies to export EVs all over the world.
InsideEVs · Feb 10 I Drove A Rivian R2 Prototype. It's Going To Surprise People Rivian’s 300-mile, 656-horsepower SUV is a breath of fresh air for the American EV space. Here are five things to know.
InsideEVs · Feb 10 Older Rivian R1T And R1S EVs Are Getting Digital Key Support–Sort Of The latest Rivian EVs have proper digital key support, and now the company has found a workaround for Gen 1 models.