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EV TariffTrackr – How Trump’s 2025 Tariffs Will Impact Prices
With the 25% tariff on imported vehicles now in effect, EV pricing in the U.S. is getting a serious shakeup. These tariffs are based on where a vehicle’s final assembly happens — not necessarily where the company is based — and that’s the key detail that could hit your wallet. To help sort through the confusion, we put together the EV TariffTrackr — a quick-look table showing how tariffs might impact various EVs currently sold in the U.S., ranging from Low to Very High depending on…
Video – Rivian’s Q1 2025 – What the Numbers Really Mean
Rivian has released its Q1 2025 production and delivery numbers—14,611 vehicles produced and 8,640 delivered. While the numbers hit guidance, some fans and investors expected more, especially with the wave of Tesla trade-ins.
Rivian’s James Philbin Confirms Unmapped Roads Coming to Gen 2 Vehicles Later This Year
In RivianTrackr Hangouts Episode 2, I sat down with James Philbin, Rivian’s VP of Autonomy and AI, to talk about Rivian’s approach to autonomy, AI, and what’s coming next. Recently, Rivian introduced Enhanced Highway Assist in their 2025.06 software update. This feature allows for hands-free driving on over 130,000 miles of mapped highways across the U.S. and Canada, utilizing Driver Attention Detection to ensure the driver remains attentive to the road. During our conversation, James shared an exclusive update: support for unmapped roads is…
RivianTrackr Hangouts Episode 2: Rivian’s VP of Autonomy Reveals Unmapped Roads Coming to Gen 2
We sat down with James Philbin, Rivian’s VP of Autonomy and AI, for an in-depth conversation about where Rivian is headed with its self-driving tech — and why they’re taking a very different path from the rest of the industry. James shared his thoughts on Rivian’s autonomy roadmap, what makes their AI stack unique, and how safety, redundancy, and real-world data collection shape everything they do. We also talked about whether people actually want full self-driving cars, how off-road autonomy…
Rivian Delivers 8,640 Vehicles in Q1 2025, Reaffirms Full-Year Guidance
Rivian shared its Q1 2025 production and delivery numbers, and everything’s on track. The company built 14,611 vehicles and delivered 8,640 between January and March. These numbers match what Rivian said to expect earlier this year. For comparison, in Q1 2024, Rivian delivered 13,588 vehicles and produced 13,980. So while deliveries are down year-over-year, production is slightly up. That drop in deliveries was expected—Rivian is building up inventory ahead of big changes later this year, including the launch of the…