In Salzgitter, Germany, Volkswagen has just broken ground on a new cell factory where approximately 500,000 batteries will be produced per year for their electric vehicles, beginning in 2025. This is the first factory in a line-up of four more that the carmaker has planned for their “global battery offensive” which will produce facilities in a similar manner to the one in Germany (and in …
The electric vehicle brand Rivian continues to impress car enthusiasts thanks to its performance, technology and materials. Compared with other EV brands and legacy carmakers in the space, Rivians don’t look quite like anything else on the road—a fact that’s somewhat surprising considering the company’s CEO, RJ Scaringe, is renowned for being pragmatic. We recently took the brand’s 2022 R1S SUV for a drive and found …
Unveiled today, Buick‘s new Wildcat EV concept is a self-assured, low-mounted 2+2 coupé, suffused with depth and details that demarcate a new, refreshing era for the carmaker. While the car is sadly unlikely to make it to production, the concept—which we had an exclusive look at—foretells the design direction of their upcoming vehicles, starting as early as this year as they migrate to an all-electric …
