Tag: truck
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I drove the Rivian R1T truck. It’s the most adventurous EV yet.
As a left coast urbanite, I’m not exactly what you would call a truck guy. (Fifteen to 20 mpg when the world is warming and gas is pushing $5 a gallon? No thank you.) But I’m definitely an electric vehicle guy (most recently while testing the Lucid Air) and a self-sufficient camping out in the…
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Tesla wipes Cybertruck details from its website following delay into 2022
Elon Musk’s meme truck is starting to feel even more like a goof than ever. Tesla’s appears to have removed any pricing and vehicle build info from its Cybertruck website, which Electrek first spotted. This comes a little more than a month after Musk confirmed production on the truck, which looks like if the textures…
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Rivian R1T first reviews are in: A quick, quiet electric truck made for exploring nature
The first Rivian EV is here: Say hello to the R1T electric truck. With a $73,000 starting price for the “launch edition,” the R1T is going up against other luxury EV brands like Tesla and GMC’s Hummer EV. The Tesla Cybertruck won’t be here anytime soon — production has been delayed until 2022. Rivian’s first…
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FIRST LOOK: Alpha WOLF electric pick-up truck – cooler than a Tesla Cybertruck or Rivian R1T?
This is the Alpha WOLF electric pick-up truck, and if you’ve never heard of the company let alone the car, that’s entirely understandable. It’s a Californian EV startup that started making waves last year when it released rendering. But now there’s a real one. One Top Gear Magazine’s Jack Rix can look, touch, and sit…
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Tesla’s Cybertruck made a cameo at AI Day. Kind of.
Spotted: Tesla’s cyberpunk Cybertruck out in the wild. Or so it seemed. The triangular metal truck made an appearance while Tesla employees went deep into “four dimensional vector spaces” and “neural network training” at the company’s very technical AI Day recruiting event Thursday. The electric truck was seen in a video during the livestreamed presentation…
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Tesla’s fine print officially pushes Cybertruck production back to 2022
A look at the fine print on the Tesla website confirms that its futuristic Cybertruck will need more time before delivery. The electric light-duty truck prototype was unveiled in Nov. 2019 and was supposed to go into production by the end of 2021. As recently as the end of July, the Cybertruck order page on…
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Take a sneak peek at Ford F-150 Lightning’s flashy dashboard screen
Ford’s F-150 Lightning pickup truck will display more than just how much charge is left on an electric battery. Inside, the digital experience on the 15-inch screen front and center of the electric truck will liven up charging, lighting, and towing with animations, high-res graphics, and even some gamification. It’s a different direction from most…
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Lightning in a Bottle?
Ford needed a home run with the F-150 Lightning, the first mass-market all-electric pickup truck. When it unveiled the vehicle last week, the automaker hit at least a double, maybe a triple. In any case, the company’s much-heralded announcement seems to have accomplished its goal: With this all-American model, Ford may have permanently altered the…
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This Electric Ford Is Climate-Change Ready
Even the Ford F-150 is the bestselling car from the U.S., that is why the new electric F-150 Lightning that debuted Wednesday night is indeed important. Not only will it assist ordinary American drivers transition to zero-emissions transport, but in case of a Texas-style infrastructure meltdown, the Lightning could power a house for up to…
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A wave of electric workhorses is coming
A wave of electric workhorses is coming Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 04/21/2021 – 01:45 When most folks think of the electrification of transportation, they naturally think about electric cars. And all those new models coming out — from Ford’s Mach-e to Volkswagen’s ID.4 — are super exciting. But of equal importance is all those other vehicles…