WorryFree Computers   »   [go: up one dir, main page]
Skip to main content
The VergeThe Verge logo.The Verge homepage
All Stories By:

Abigail Bassett

Freelancer

At a Beverly Hills mansion, where an electric truck is your only source of power

GM staged a blackout to demonstrate how EVs can power an entire home — and also shore up our aging grid infrastructure.

Abigail Bassett
|Comments
Rivian’s CEO has ‘complete certainty’ EVs will win

The company’s future is cloudy, as EV sales growth stagnates. But RJ Scaringe says the more affordable EVs will help win over new converts.

Abigail Bassett
|Comments
A
Comments
Abigail Bassett
At the same time there’s a little bit of Kia to it, at least in the teal color.

It reminds me a little of a Kia Steltos. People were ready for R2, but R3 was a real surprise. The audience loved it. 


A
Comments
Abigail Bassett
The R3X looks familiar.

It has very Mercedes Maybach dog-dish wheels. Also reminds me a bit of Rolls wheels. 

Interestingly I think the charging ports on R2 and R3 are in the rear rather than the front like the R1.


A
Comments
Abigail Bassett
Rivian R3 is about ‘making a small car feel really big.’

The rear window pops open making it easier to carry longer items. 


1/5

A
Comments
Abigail Bassett
How roomy is it?

The flat fold seats are huge. I’ve slept in an R1 and at 5’7” I was a little cramped. I bet this will be much more roomy.


A presentation stage as people surround Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe who is gesturing toward the R2 electric SUV while a camera on a boom arm swivels overhead.A presentation stage as people surround Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe who is gesturing toward the R2 electric SUV while a camera on a boom arm swivels overhead.
A
Comments
Abigail Bassett
It looks very Land Rover Defender to me in person.

At 6’1, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe towers over the R2.


Rivian R2 Rivian R2
A
Comments
Abigail Bassett
Peter Berg, director of Lone Survivor, is in the audience.

(And about a half dozen other Mark Wahlberg movies.) I didn’t identify him myself. I’m sitting with a woman I know who’s a reporter who used to do Hollywood coverage. 


A
Comments
Abigail Bassett
A nice backdrop for the R2.

There was a line almost around the back for both media and “guests” when I arrived at 9:15AM.


An illustration of the theater with a couple of Rivian R1Ts for good measure. An illustration of the theater with a couple of Rivian R1Ts for good measure.
An illustration of the theater with a couple of Rivian R1Ts for good measure.
Image: Abigail Bassett / The Verge
The road ahead for EV adoption is made of gravel

Cities and major travel corridors will get electrified in the coming years thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, but what does the EV transition look like for the places in between?

Abigail Bassett
|Comments