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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General Motors has received more reservations than expected for its GMC Hummer electric pickups and SUVs, according to a report: more than 65,000 in total so far. Orders for the Hummer pickup are unlikely to be fulfilled before 2024.
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Rivian has presented its business figures for the fourth quarter and the 2021 fiscal year. Due to the expenses for the production ramp-up, the loss increased enormously. As deliveries are still at a manageable level, sales are still low.
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US-based electric car startup Rivian has raised prices for its first two models, the R1T and R1S, by up to 20 per cent; initially not only for new customers but also for existing reservation holders.
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The US car company General Motors apparently sold its stake in the electric car startup Lordstown Motors last quarter. Things are not going well at Lordstown: the company had to significantly cut plans for the production and sale of the Endurance electric pickup.
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Ram Trucks, the US commercial vehicle subsidiary of the Stellantis Group, has announced a battery-electric version of its Ram 1500 pickup truck for 2024 and shown the first teaser. Ram aims to electrify all of its vehicle segments by 2030 at the latest.
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After General Motors announced a few days ago that it would deliver a total of 400,000 electric vehicles in North America this year and next year, there are now more details on the production plans for 2022. Two models in particular are now expected to produce significantly higher numbers.
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Tesla has confirmed in an internal email that it plans to start deliveries of the Model Y Performance from Grünheide in March. Previously, a change in the configurator had only hinted at this.
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The US electric car start-up Bollinger Motors has put the development of its first B1 and B2 models on hold. Instead, the company wants to focus on commercial vehicles and fleets.
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High demand for the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning is leading some dealers in the US to charge customers thousands of dollars more than the list price for early delivery dates. In isolated cases, there is talk of a premium of up to $30,000.
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Chevrolet has unveiled the Silverado EV. The all-electric pickup truck offers up to 495 kW of drive power, up to 400 miles (640 kilometres) of range and enables DC charging of up to 350 kW. Market launch is in 2023, with prices later expected to start at under $40,000.
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Ford has again increased the production target for the all-electric F-150 Lightning. At the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, production of the electric vehicle is to be nearly doubled to 150,000 units annually in order to meet the high demand.
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Rivian has postponed deliveries of its R1T and R1S models with the largest battery to 2023. The reason is that most of the approximately 71,000 pre-orderers of the R1T and R1S in the US and Canada have chosen the medium battery option and will be prioritised.
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Ford has announced a significant increase in production for its all-electric Mustang Mach-E. By 2023, Ford wants to achieve an annual output of more than 200,000 units of the electric car. That would be three times as many as were produced in 2021.
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Ford is no longer accepting reservations for the all-electric F-150 Lightning and will instead convert existing reservations into firm orders from January 2022. Most recently, Ford CEO Jim Farley had mentioned that the number of pre-orders was approaching the 200,000 mark.
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Rumours about a European plant of the US electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian have been circulating for some time. While a production plant near Bristol in England was previously considered the favourite, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has now confirmed that talks are being held with Rivian about a very specific location in the country.
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The electric vehicle startup EdisonFuture has debuted two concept vehicles at the LA Auto Show, aiming to bring both models to market in 2025. The EF1-T is an electric pickup, and the EF1-V is an electric delivery van.
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The US electric car manufacturer Rivian is now completing its announced US IPO and placing 153 million shares on Wall Street at 78 US dollars each. Rivian is now listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol RIVN.
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Amazon has now increased its stake in electric vehicle start-up Rivian to around 20 per cent. This became known via a notification from the e-commerce giant to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The online retailer is known to be both an investor and a major customer of Rivian.
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US electric truck maker Atlis Motor Vehicles has closed a heavily oversubscribed six-week $5 million crowdfunding raise. The new capital injection adds to over $16 million of crowdfunding raised by the Arizona-based company, towards developing its own electric vehicle battery cells and packs.
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Fisker is planning two more electric models by 2025, following the Ocean electric SUV and the Pear developed together with Foxconn. However, according to company founder Henrik Fisker, these vehicles will be positioned significantly above the Ocean.
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Foxconn will buy the car plant of the electric car start-up Lordstown Motors in Lordstown in the US state of Ohio. This is provided for in an agreement in principle that has now been concluded between the two sides. Foxconn will then take over the production of the electric pickup truck Endurance for Lordstown Motors.
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Ford has announced a massive expansion of its electric vehicle business. Together with battery partner SK Innovation (SKI), Ford will invest 11.4 billion US dollars in the construction of second new sites with assembly and battery plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. Operations are scheduled to begin in 2025.
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Rivian has finally made its first electric pickup truck, the RT1 – that’s after the US EV start-up had twice postponed the start of deliveries. According to CEO RJ Scaringe, the first customer vehicle has now rolled off the production line.
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US manufacturer Atlis Motor Vehicles has found a distributor in the Southeast Asia and Oceania region as the company announces a collaboration agreement with Australian Manufactured Vehicles (AusMV). AusMV will buy XT pickup trucks and complete right-hand drive production in Australia.
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