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Rivian wants out of its exclusive agreement with Amazon for EV

One of Amazons new electric delivery vans from Rivian gets ready to leave the Amazon Distribution Facility on Cyber Monday on November 28, 2022 in Aurora, Colorado. Rj Sangosti | Denver Post | Getty Images Rivian wants out of its exclusive agreement with Amazon for the EV maker’s electric delivery… Read Full Article Here CNBC

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General Motors cuts 500 salaried employees

Mary Barra, CEO, GM at the NYSE, November 17, 2022. Source: NYSE DETROIT – General Motors is cutting hundreds of salaried positions as it follows other major companies, including competitors, in downsizing headcounts to preserve cash and boost profits. The cuts affect about 500 positions,… Read Full Article Here CNBC

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Rivian posts mixed fourth quarter and underwhelming EV production

Rivian electric pickup trucks sit in a parking lot at a Rivian service center on May 09, 2022 in South San Francisco, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive reported mixed fourth-quarter earnings and a lackluster production outlook after the bell… Read Full Article Here CNBC

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Electric Ram pickup debuts in Super Bowl ad that pokes fun at

Ram’s 2023 Super Bowl ad debuts the production version of the Ram 1500 REV electric pickup that is expected to go on sale late-next year. Screenshot DETROIT – Stellantis will air a 60-second Super Bowl ad for its Ram brand to indirectly take shots at the current all-electric vehicle market, specifically pickup trucks. The commercial, […]

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Tech stocks just finished a five-week rally — the longest stretch

Tech stocks on display at the Nasdaq. Peter Kramer | CNBC The Nasdaq just wrapped up its fifth straight week of gains, jumping 3.3% over the last five days. It’s the longest weekly winning streak for the tech-laden index since a stretch that ended in November 2021. Coming off its worst year since 2008, the […]

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Tesla and the EV industry get their first recession stress test.

Pedestrians walk past the Tesla Motors official authorized car dealer store in Hong Kong. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Is the first electric-vehicle recession here, or coming soon? As electric-car stocks plummeted in late 2022, the rout evoked comparisons to the dot-com stock bust two decades ago. Like the internet industry then, the […]

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India is learning to love electric vehicles — but they’re not

Electric vehicle charging stations from Tata Power can be found on 350 of the 600 highways in India. Puneet Vikram Singh, Nature And Concept Photographer, | Moment | Getty Images When most people think about electric vehicles, they think cars. From brands like Tesla and Rivian in the United States, to Nio and XPeng in […]

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Ram previews new electric pickup to rival Ford, Rivian and others

Ram 1500 Revolution BEV electric concept truck Stellantis Ram Truck previewed its upcoming electric pickup Thursday at the CES technology show, as the automaker plans its entrance into the emerging segment next year to compete with Detroit rivals as well as Rivian and, potentially, Tesla. The Stellantis truck brand revealed the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV […]

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Rivian stock hits 52-week low after company misses 2022

Employees work on an assembly line at startup Rivian Automotive’s electric vehicle factory in Normal, Illinois, April 11, 2022. Kamil Krzaczynski | Reuters Shares of Rivian Automotive notched a new 52-week low on Wednesday after the company missed its 25,000-unit production target for last year. The EV startup late Tuesday said it produced 24,337 vehicles […]

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Tesla reports 1.31 million deliveries in 2022, growth of 40%

Tesla just published its fourth-quarter vehicle production and delivery report for 2022. Here are the key numbers. Total deliveries Q4 2022: 405,278Total production Q4 2022: 439,701Total annual deliveries 2022: 1.31 millionTotal annual production 2022: 1.37 million Deliveries are the closest approximation of sales disclosed by Tesla. These numbers represented a new record for the Elon […]