Rivian News

This is the electric ute we need in Australia

By Stephen Ottley · 09 Sep 2023

Hyundai can’t do it. Neither can Mercedes-Benz or BMW. Tesla has become the name in electric vehicles and has cornered the market, with the Model 3 and Model Y outselling all of its sedan and mid-size SUV competition.

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EVs are not even close to outback ready

By Marcus Craft · 09 Jul 2023

Whether you like it or not, EVs are well and truly here, and they’re here to stay.

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More US trucks to ram into Aussie market

By Daniel Gardner · 10 Jun 2023

Australia certainly seems to think bigger is better when it comes to cars, with sales of plus-sized dual-cab utes gathering momentum faster than virtually any other segment, and more options are on the way to satisfy that growing demand.

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Diesel dual-cab doomsday is nigh!

By Andrew Chesterton · 06 Oct 2022

The end of the road for diesel dual-cabs is now in sight. In fact, next time you climb into your Ford Ranger or Toyota HiLux, listen very carefully. It's possible you'll here the faint ticking of the doomsday clock, Edgar Allan Poe style.

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Look who has turned up at Sydney Airport

By Andrew Chesterton · 05 Oct 2022

A Rivian R1S has seemingly arrived in Australia, with an image of what appears to be a camouflaged version of the electric American SUV at Sydney Airport appearing overnight.The American EV brand - a key rival to Tesla - has long promised to launch in Aus

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Electric utes are a bad idea - or the future?

By Stephen Ottley · 14 Aug 2022

Earlier this year I wrote a piece questioning the logic behind the modern obsession with building big, powerful and opulent electric vehicles. In that story I asked if we are getting it wrong by building bigger and bigger electric vehicles like the reborn GMC Hummer, which seemingly uses an excessive amount of resources for transporting people.

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EV utes are on the way, but which do we want?

By Tony O'Kane · 18 Jun 2022

In what seemed like the blink of an eye, the ute and pickup segment transformed from being a deeply conservative one, to one that’s looking at a virtual tsunami of all-electric options looming on the horizon. Some are ultra-pragmatic workhorses, some are pitched squarely at the ‘lifestyle’ crowd, and others fall somewhere in between. All are linked by a common thread – there’s not a combustion en

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How long will you wait for the Cybertruck?

By Stephen Ottley · 27 Feb 2022

With much fanfare (and an embarrassing window failure) Tesla revealed the ground-breaking Cybertruck in November 2019.It was a truly revolutionary car and promised to give the brand its biggest boost since the arrival of the original Model S, it's first t

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Top car brands move to greener manufacturing

By Tim Nicholson · 29 Dec 2021

Every car brand worth its salt is in the process of going green, largely because of shifting market demands but also due to increasingly strict environmental regulations.While the most visible trend is the transition of powertrain technology from internal

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Rivian R1T gets green light for Oz launch

By Andrew Chesterton · 12 Oct 2021

Electric ute and SUV maker Rivian has just posted a major filing to America's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and buried in the pages is news that should get Australian hearts beating a little faster.Because in the document is not only news that

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