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Although Rivian’s trend-setting R1T and R1S electric trucks and their outdoorsy lifestyle take top billing in headlines, Rivian EDV electric delivery vans have always been a top priority. As for why, look no further than one of the top retailers in the world. In 2019 Amazon announced it ordered 100,000 electric vans from Rivian as part of a $440 million investment into the startup automaker. Amazon’s importance to Rivian goes well beyond that: Prior to Rivian’s IPO Amazon owned 20% of the electric truck maker. Those vans headed out on the road to start making Prime deliveries in 2021. It’s…
The redesigned 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class made its debut last June and now we have fresh spy shots of a prototype for the compact crossover’s more dynamically styled GLC-Class Coupe option. The regular crossover and the coupe-like variant look to be even more differentiated with the new GLC-Class generation, especially at the rear of this GLC-Class Coupe where the haunches and ducktail spoiler appear much more pronounced than on the current model. Riding on Mercedes’ MHA (Modular High Architecture) platform for crossovers and SUVs with rear-wheel drive, the new GLC-Class Coupe will share its main underpinnings with the current model. But…
“After the Bilsport Performance & Custom Motor Show [AKA Elmia] was cancelled for the second year, I almost gave up,” says Johan Balsberg of his ‘Amalow’ build. We’re definitely glad he didn’t. If you caught my recent story on Sture Balsberg’s Volvo Amazon Estate, you’ll know that this feature on his son’s car was coming. Johan’s 1965 Volvo Amazon Sedan is equally as cool as his father’s Estate, but the approach taken has been a little different. Johan’s interest in old Volvos stemmed from his grandfather, who had a red 1967 Amazon 122 stored in his barn at the family farm in South Sweden. He had bought it from the…
In the world of eyewear, fashion trends continue to drive manufacturers to adapt to ever-changing styles. Automotive racing is one of those trends that provides timeless style, resulting in modern sunglasses envisioned using vintage examples as creative inspiration. MUST-READ: The Top 10 Automotive-Inspired Sneakers By Puma Motorsport Available Now Some of these iconic styles gained traction in the fashion world with influential individuals like Steve McQueen and Paul Newman wearing them. This week we have compiled a list of the Top 10 Best Luxury Sunglasses For The Driver. Shop all of the sunglasses featured in this special by clicking the…
Nio used its annual Nio Day event held on Dec. 24 in Hefei, China, to present two new vehicles, one of which marks the start of a new model line for the Chinese EV brand. The vehicles included a redesigned ES8 mid-size SUV and a new EC7 mid-size SUV with a coupe-like roof profile. It was only in 2017 that Nio, often billed as China’s Tesla, rolled out its first vehicle in the form of the original ES8. (There was also an EP9 hypercar, though this was a track car whose production totaled only a handful of units.) Since then,…
Each bidirectional EV charger installed could pay for itself in three years, and earn up to $15,000 over 10 years, according to projections from a firm that provides such equipment. Chargers installed for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) operation, allowing EVs to discharge power back into the grid, have similar upfront costs to conventional chargers. But they also have the potential to earn money, said Melissa Chan, director of grid solutions and strategic partnerships at Fermata Energy, a tech firm that’s developed a V2G platform, in a recent presentation for the CHAdeMO Association trade group. In comparison, a conventional unidirectional charger could incur…
In the months even before we knew some used plug-in hybrids would be eligible for a $4,000 used EV tax credit, market interest in plug-in hybrids was on the rise, according to a recent pricing analysis. In a blog post last month, the retail conglomerate Carmax explained search volume for the term “plug-in hybrid” has increased significantly since the start of 2021, peaking in June 2022, when consumers searched the term four times as much as in January 2021. That’s just before used EV values appear to have peaked, according to several firms that track used car prices. Average prices…
Aston Martin is set to retire its DBS line and will launch a hardcore special packing 759 hp as the car’s swan song. The special model is called the DBS 770 Ultimate, and just 499 will be built for worldwide sale. After driving numerous 2023 model year vehicles throughout the past year, we whittled the list down to seven finalists. One of those seven has now been picked as the winner of the annual Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 award. Volkswagen has previewed the next member of its growing ID family of electric vehicles. It’s a mid-size sedan…
These days, it’s rare to be truly surprised at a custom car show. Thanks to social media, so many builds are chronicled as they come together, that a real-world sighting after completion can be a bit of a non-event. Of course, this doesn’t apply to all cars that are shared over Instagram prior to being finished, and it’s not always a bad thing either. I like to keep a close eye on happenings in Sweden’s modified car community via social media, so while attending the 2021 Oslo Motor Show, I was surprised – in a good way – to see two new amazing builds I’d…
A bright hue matches brash performance. For most cars, yellow can be quite the daring color. Whether it’s matte, gloss, or metallic, it’s just about impossible for yellow paintwork not to be bright, eye-catching, and reminiscent of the sun. For many vehicle owners, yellow commands too much attention for it to be the ideal color for their car, but when it comes to supercars, you are already behind the wheel of something that is going to turn heads as it drives by, so why not paint it yellow? With many racing-inspired and timeless shades available from different manufacturers, the color…