Rivian
Hear Rivian engineers talk self-driving and designing for adventures
Rivian promises to make electric vehicles for adventures. Hear two of the company’s engineers disc
Watch Rivian’s camp kitchen in action
Rivian doesn’t want to build just another electric vehicle. It’s not aiming to be a Tesla killer either. No, this 10-year-old company that kept a low profile until November, when it unveil
Rivian and ‘Free Solo’ star Alex Honnold team up to build solar microgrid with used EV batteries
Rivian, the once secretive company that made its public debut in November with an electric pickup truck and SUV, plans to give its batteries a second life and put them to work in a solar microgrid pro
FedEx ends express delivery contract with Amazon
FedEx will not renew a contract with Amazon to provide express delivery for the e-commerce giant’s packages in the United States. FedEx, which made the announcement Friday, said in a statement t
Rivian debuts a pull-out kitchen for its electric pickup truck
Sometimes you need scrambled eggs. And with that thought, today at the Overland Expo in Flagstaff, AZ, Rivian announced a major accessory for its electric pickup: A camp kitchen. The unit slides out f
Amazon Prime’s dominance is spurring new startup opportunities
Amazon has made two-day shipping the new industry standard -- a standard most competitors can’t meet. Fortunately, some exciting new logistics startups are emerging to help them compete with Amazon.
Ford invests $500M in Rivian and intends to build a vehicle on Rivian’s EV platform
Rivian today announced a major investment from Ford. The 115-year-old automaker is investing $500 million into the Michigan-based EV startup. Along with the cash, Ford announced plans to build a vehic
New registrations for electric vehicles doubled in US since last year
Electric vehicles, still a small percentage of the total automotive market in the U.S., are beginning to gain ground, according to analysis by IHS Markit. There were 208,000 new registrations for elec
Didi woes, how Nuro met Softbank, Amazon’s appetite
Welcome back to the TechCrunch transportation newsletter; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. This is the second edition and seriously people, what happe
Amazon leads $700M round in electric automaker Rivian
Rivian, the electric automaker that debuted its first two vehicles just three months ago, has raised $700 million in a round led by Amazon . The news follows a report earlier this week by Reuters that
An inside look at Rivian’s EV ambitions from AI batteries to electric jet skis
For a CEO who insists his electric vehicle startup doesn’t want to be Tesla, Rivian founder RJ Scaringe can sound a lot like Elon Musk. Just weeks before unveiling Rivian’s first vehicles — an a
Elon Musk’s plans for 2019 might include a Tesla pickup truck prototype
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has floated the idea for an all-electric pickup truck numerous times in the past two years. Now, he’s back at it, this time with a teaser that Tesla might have a prototype to
Rivian debuts an electric pickup and SUV designed to look good while getting dirty
Rivian has kept a relatively low profile since the automotive startup with Midwestern roots launched in 2009. Those days are over. CEO and founder RJ Scaringe unveiled two all-electric vehicles this w