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Rivian filed to sell 75 million new Class A shares after Monday’s market close, a deal worth roughly $1.5 billion at the day’s $20.14 closing price. The company says the proceeds will fund general corporate purposes, including the equity contribution requirements tied to its Department of Energy (DOE) loan for the Georgia factory. The timing…
Rivian delivered 12,194 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026, up about 14% from the 10,661 it delivered a year ago and comfortably ahead of the 10,518 analysts expected, according to estimates compiled by Visible Alpha. And Rivian paired the beat with a bigger statement: it raised its full-year 2026 delivery forecast from 62,000-67,000 to…
Rivian began handing the first R2 mid-size SUVs to customers on June 9, and within days the vehicle’s lease quotes, not its driving reviews, became the story. A 36-month lease on the R2 Performance lists at $829 a month on Rivian’s own configurator, and a lighter down payment pushes the figure past $1,000. EVXL reported…
Toyota rebuilt its only electric SUV from the floor up for 2026, dropped the clumsy bZ4X name, cut the entry price below $35,000, and added 62 miles of range to its volume trim. Edmunds just put the renamed Toyota bZ head-to-head against the Tesla Model Y and reached a split decision: the bZ wins on…
An EF-1 tornado struck Rivian’s Normal, Illinois assembly plant on the night of April 17, 2026, tearing open the roof and a wall of the building where the company assembles the R2, its make-or-break mid-size SUV. Rivian confirmed the damage to TechCrunch, which first reported the company’s confirmation and the internal staff email, and said…
EPA certification documents for the Rivian R2 have leaked via Rivian Forums, and the range numbers beat the company’s own projections. The Performance trim on 21-inch all-season tires earned an EPA-estimated 335 miles of range, five miles more than the 330-mile figure Rivian published at the March SXSW launch. Jonathan M. Gitlin at Ars Technica…
Two years ago, Rivian secured 68,000 reservations in 24 hours on the strength of one number: $45,000. Today at South by Southwest in Austin, the company officially launched the R2 — at $57,990. The affordable Rivian people reserved is coming. Just not until late 2027, and no longer “at” $45,000 but “around” it. That one-word…
Four V3.5 Supercharger stalls are now live at the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety in Georgia, and the city owns them. Installed through Tesla’s Supercharger for Business program, this is believed to be the first time a municipality has deployed a city-branded Supercharging station on public property. Alpharetta’s Supercharger Station: What’s Actually There The Alpharetta…
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