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New Orlando Service Center for Rivian

Rivian Targets 70% Mobile Service by End of Year

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe just shared an encouraging update on Instagram about the company’s expanding service network. After facing early challenges meeting demand in certain areas, Rivian is quickly scaling up to improve support for its growing customer base. The company now operates 77 physical Service Centers across the country and plans to boost that number to 100 by the end of the year. But the biggest push is coming from Rivian’s mobile service. With 550 Mobile Service Vehicles already…

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Rivian R1S Summer Offer

Rivian Adds $2,000 Memorial Day Discount with New Summer Offer

Rivian is celebrating Memorial Day 2025 with a new limited-time promotion: the Start Summer Right Offer, providing a $2,000 discount on select R1T and R1S electric vehicles. This offer is valid for orders placed by May 31, 2025, with delivery required by June 30, 2025. Notably, vehicles equipped with the standard battery pack are excluded from this promotion.  This new incentive can be combined with Rivian’s existing Nothing but Adventure lease offer, which includes a $6,500 contribution toward the lease of a 2025…

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$3/kWh to Charge at Universal Epic Universe Theme Park?

It’s not often that two of my worlds, electric vehicles and theme parks, collide, but here in Orlando, they just did in a big way. Universal recently opened its brand-new Epic Universe park, and with it came a shiny new parking lot outfitted with something that caught my eye: 40 Level 2 EV chargers, all tucked under sleek solar panel canopies. It’s a dream setup on paper, solar-powered EV charging while you explore a theme park? Count me in. Naturally,…

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Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” Rolls Back Clean Energy Incentives

Major EV Incentives to Expire Under Trump’s New Plan

President Trump, now several months into his second term, is following through on promises to roll back clean energy policies—and his latest move hits EV buyers hard. The newly advanced “One Big Beautiful Bill” just passed out of a key House committee and is shaping up to be a major reversal of Biden-era climate incentives. The bill includes a wide range of sweeping changes—but in this article, we’re just focusing on the parts that directly affect you as an EV…

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Gen 1 R1T Quad being assembled in the factory in Normal, IL

PHOTOS – New Gen 2 R1T Quad Surfaces with Ultra Performance Wheels and Mystery Green Paint

Rivian’s Gen 2 Quad is getting closer, and thanks to our friends at Out of Spec, we just got a sneak peek straight from inside the factory. While touring Rivian’s Normal, Illinois plant today, they spotted a new R1T deep in production—and it wasn’t just any R1T. This one was rocking the exclusive 22” Ultra Performance wheels and the telltale Gear Guard badge, both clear indicators that we’re looking at the upcoming Quad-Motor variant. Interestingly, the truck appears to be finished…

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