Rivian reported a $1.45 billion net loss in the first quarter, higher than a year earlier. But it also laid out a roadmap for slashing production costs and launching a more affordable EV in 2026.
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Callum Skye unveiled with segment-defying design and electric drivetrain
Long-time Jaguar design boss Ian Callum retired in 2019 and started the design company that bears his name shortly after. The young brand has embarked on several projects since, including turning the Jaguar C-X75 concept into a street-legal model, and it has announced its most ambitious undertaking yet. Named after a whiskey-distilling island off of Scotland, the Skye is the first car developed by … [Read More...]
2023 Lordstown Endurance electric pickup appears on Cars & Bids
Look at what we have here, freshly listed on Cars & Bids: A 2023 Lordstown Endurance battery-electric pickup at no reserve. Autoblog got a very small bit of seat time in the Endurance last summer, just as the company declared bankruptcy. We weren't sure there were enough in circulation to reach public auction, and come to think of it, we would have been even less certain anyone would try. This … [Read More...]
Ducati Monster Senna another celebration of Ducati fan Ayrton Senna
Ducati goes way back with the late, three-time Formula 1 World Champion Ayrton Senna. In 1990, then-Ducati owner Claudio Castiglione gifted the Brazilian driver a Ducati 851 SP. Senna apparently became such a fan of the brand that he showed up to the 1993 Monaco Grand Prix weekend gala on a Monster 900. One year later, Senna worked with Ducati to design a livery for a limited edition 916. Ducati … [Read More...]
2001 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4×4 Is a Large, Luxurious Truck Spawn
Another mega-SUV for the elite media to fear and loathe. Source: caranddriver.com … [Read More...]
Tesla is giving discounts to European fleet buyers in a damage-control campaign
LONDON — Tesla is working to appease some European leasing companies after the automaker’s repeated retail price cuts tanked their fleets’ value and its slow service and expensive repairs alienated their corporate customers. The efforts include unofficial discounts on purchases of new cars if they are in stock and efforts to address widespread service, repair and ordering complaints after … [Read More...]
Volkswagen ID.4 EV probed by NHTSA over doors that open while driving
The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Monday it has opened a recall query into an estimated 51,500 Volkswagen America's EVs over concerns of the vehicle door opening while driving. The U.S National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it received 12 complaints over Volkswagen's electric ID.4 SUVs built between 2021 and 2023. Some consumers reported that the vehicle's door … [Read More...]
Audi, partner SAIC to develop China-specific EV platform
BEIJING -- Audi will co-develop a new China-specific platform for intelligent, electric vehicles with its Chinese joint venture partner, SAIC. The move, coming about 10 months after Audi parent Volkwagen Group's landmark Chinese partnership deal with Xpeng, highlights mounting pressure on Western brands and legacy automakers to rejig to survive an intensifying EV race in the world's largest auto … [Read More...]
2025 Porsche Cayenne range adds more standard kit, Turbonite accents
Seems like Porsche has been especially active introducing new models lately. Between the slow release of the expanding trims in the new Panamera line and the same for the 13 (!) Cayenne and Cayenne Coupe trims, plus model year updates, feels like every month gets another press release about increased outputs or more Turbonite accents. In fact, now that the 2025 Cayenne is official, Turbonite is … [Read More...]
Elon Musk Reveals the Significance of the Ongoing Giga Texas Expansion Project – “The Part Furthest Away From the Glass Will be a Super Dense, Water-Cooled Supercomputer Cluster”
Follow us today... Giga Texas is currently the largest production facility in the world. In fact, based on interior volume, Tesla’s Texas factory is the largest building on the planet. Tesla’s Austin, Texas, facility is three times the size of the Pentagon, which in its own right is one of the largest buildings in the world. All this is to emphasize how large Giga … [Read More...]
9 thoughts about the 2024 BMW X5 M Competition
The 2024 BMW X5 M Competition is the M version of the X5, and it’s a worthy product of the Bavarian automaker’s performance division. At its heart is a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8, plus a 48-volt hybrid assist motor incorporated into its eight-speed automatic transmission. It’s good for a wild 617 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque, with BMW clocking the 0-60 sprint at a brisk 3.7 seconds. … [Read More...]