US electric car startup Rivian has kicked off international deliveries of its R1T and R1S EVs, handing over the first units in Vancouver. Just like the rollout in the US, the first deliveries were to employees, but first customer deliveries are scheduled before the end of the year.
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Branded as a label for lifestyle vehicles at launch, Geely subsidiary Radar Auto just debuted its first model in China. The RD6 electric pick-up truck hits the market in four versions at prices starting from 178,800 yuan, below 25,000 euros.
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US American electric car startup Rivian has reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2022. The company generated revenue of $536 million and posted a net loss of $1.72 billion in the reporting period.
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The Hummer EV, in both Pickup and SUV formats, is “sold out for two years or more”, according to GMC Global Vice President Duncan Aldred. GM currently holds 90,000 reservations of the Hummer EV Pickup and SUV and has only produced 2,570 units of the Hummer EV Pickup as of September 2022.
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Nissan unveiled two interesting electric car concepts at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, both in partnership with South Carolina-based Tommy Pike Customs. Both the Leaf and the Ariya were converted into classically-inspired looks from the past.
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Series production of the Tesla Cybertruck will apparently not start until the end of 2023, according to a media report. That would be two years later than originally planned.
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General Motors is introducing another all-electric pickup truck. Like the previous combustion model, the Sierra EV runs under the GMC brand and is based on the Ultium platform. In the ‘Denali Edition 1’, the electric pickup with impressive data can already be reserved – but delivery will not take place until early 2024.
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The Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn presented prototypes of two new electric models at its Tech Day. Foxconn also showed the production version of the Model C, which was presented as a concept last year.
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Boss Capital Holding has expanded a deal with Atlis Motor Vehicles agreed to by its subsidiary AusEV last year. The Australian company now wants Atlis to supply 270 charging stations to support its original mandate of 19,000 electric pickup trucks.
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Rivian is conducting a voluntary recall of all 13,000 vehicles it has delivered due to a loose fastener that could cause trouble when steering. So far, there have been seven cases reported.
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The US electric car startup built 7,363 vehicles at its Illinois plant in the third quarter. In the same period, Rivian delivered 6,584 vehicles. The company reiterated its full-year sales forecast.
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Lordstown Motors has begun production of its Endurance electric pickup truck. The U.S. electric car startup is having the electric truck built by contract manufacturer Foxconn, which bought the Lordstown car plant in the U.S. state of Ohio with this in mind.
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In the US state of Tennessee, construction work has begun on the first joint battery and electric car factory of Ford and SK On. A new all-electric pickup truck and batteries for electric vehicles from Ford and Lincoln are to be produced there from the planned opening in 2025.
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Glasgow-based electric heavy-duty 4WD vehicle manufacturer Munro Vehicles has struck a deal with Wyre, a US electric vehicle sales and leasing specialist. The agreement secures exclusive rights for the sale, leasing and distribution of the Scottish-built EV in the US and Canada.
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The US electric car start-up Rivian posted a net loss of 1.71 billion US dollars in the second quarter of 2022. However, Rivian was able to significantly increase production – and is also sticking to its annual target of 25,000 vehicles built.
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Ford has announced a price increase for its all-electric F-150 Lightning. “Due to significant material cost increases and other factors,” prices for the F-150 Lightning will increase by $6,000 to $8,500 depending on the variant.
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US EV startup Rivian has announced that it going to make some major cuts to its workforce, claiming inflation and a drive for profitability. Considering the company employs around 14,000 employees, cutting about six per cent of jobs as announced would affect about 840 workers.
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After the F-150 Lightning, Ford is also planning electric variants for its smaller pickup trucks Maverick and Ranger – also in Europe. Ford has registered the model names “Maverick Lightning” and “Ranger Lightning” with the European Trademark Office.
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Chinese car company Geely has unveiled Radar Auto, a new brand of electric “lifestyle vehicles” such as pickup trucks, SUVs and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). The first product is the RD6 pickup truck, which is scheduled to go into production in the fourth quarter of 2022. Details are to follow at a later date.
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General Motors has 77,000 pre-orders for its GMC Hummer EV electric pickup truck so far, but is currently producing just about 12 units per day, according to a Wall Street Journal report. GM says production of the model will increase sharply in the second half of the year.
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In the USA, General Motors has shut down production at its Factory Zero electric car factory in Detroit-Hamtramck for four weeks from today to prepare the plant for the production of more models. The aim is not only a wider variety of models but also to increase overall production capacity.
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Olymp Cars is a new electric car brand. The company from Vienna is planning a series of vehicles with model names from Greek mythology based on its own platform called Hephaistos. The first vehicles are to be presented in spring 2023.
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The US electric car start-up Rivian has apparently parted company with its head of production Charly Mwangi. The background is the problems with the production start-up of Rivian’s first two models. In addition to the personnel change, production is also to be restructured.
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SAIC brand Maxus has unveiled two new electric models. The new Mifa 9 van and the T90 EV pickup can be ordered in the UK from August 2022 and are scheduled for delivery from the first quarter of 2023.
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The US electric car start-up Rivian has presented its business figures for the first quarter of 2022. The net loss in the first three months of the year was 1.59 billion US dollars, compared to 414 million US dollars in the same quarter of the previous year. Compared to Q4 2021, however, the loss fell.
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The US company United Rentals has signed an agreement with Ford Pro to purchase 530 all-electric vehicles for its North American rental and corporate fleets. This involves 500 F-150 Lightning pickup trucks and 30 E-Transit vans.
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Volkswagen is considering developing an electric pickup truck and an electric SUV for the US market under the Scout brand. The two models are to be produced in the USA from 2026.
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Ford has started series production of the F-150 Lightning. The battery-electric pickup truck is built at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn in the US state of Michigan. Bill Ford even speaks of the “Model T of the 21st century”.
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VW Commercial Vehicles is also planning a purely electric version for the next generation of the Amarok pickup. The new Amarok is being developed in cooperation with Ford and will be a Ford Ranger with its own unique drive system.
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General Motors will start producing electric vans at its plant in Ingersoll, Canada, later this year. Construction of the BrightDrop electric van is scheduled to begin there at the end of December. Light pickup production and a third shift will be introduced at the Oshawa assembly plant.
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