InsideEVs breaking news of the day about electric vehicles

1. The 2026 Jeep Recon’s EPA Rating Confirms It’s An Energy Guzzler

   Jeep expected the off-road EV’s range to be 230 miles, but the official estimate makes the Rivian R2 look better than ever.

2. Telo's Tiny Electric Truck For Cities Has Surprisingly High-Powered Charging

   The Telo MT1 is an ultra-compact truck that's supposed to go into production this year. Now we know its peak charging power.

3. The 2027 Porsche Taycan Gets Fake Gear Shifts And A Bigger Standard Battery

   The refreshed Taycan has a bigger standard battery and more theater through simulated gears.

4. Uber, Stellantis, And Wayve Want To Blanket The World In Robotaxis

   Uber seems to have spent the past year attaching itself to every major robotaxi effort it can, and now Stellantis is joining that list.

5. Tesla Owners Are Using Doll Heads To Fool Full Self-Driving

   Is that Dwayne Johnson driving your Tesla? Nope, just his likeness being used to defeat Tesla's driver monitoring systems.

6. The 2026 Mercedes CLA EV Is Really Impressive. But It Also Drove Me Nuts

   It is so lovely to drive. But the more I lived with it, the more annoyed I got.

7. Lucid And Uber Will Bring Robotaxis To Houston Next

   The Lucid, Nuro, and Uber partnership is moving fast. Their next stop after California is Texas.

8. Mobileye, Supplier Of Robotaxi Tech, Is Launching Its Own Robotaxi Fleet In The U.S.

   The Intel subsidiary’s self-driving tech is being used by Volkswagen’s MOIA. Now, Mobileye wants its own fleet of autonomous cabs.

9. BMW Is Opening i3 Orders Way Ahead Of Schedule Due To Huge Demand

   BMW had originally planned to open the order books for the all-electric 3 Series this fall. Customers had other ideas.

10. Rivian Lays Off Hundreds Of Workers A Week After R2 Launch

    Rivian cut employees from its service and customer division on Tuesday, the The Wall Street Journal reported.

11. Lucid Cosmos: Tesla Model Y and Rivian R2 Rival Revealed In Patent Images

    The roughly $50,000 Cosmos is supposed to go on sale by the end of this year. It will be the brand’s first mass-market EV.

12. I Drove One Of China's Fastest EVs And Found It Surprisingly Easy To Drive—Despite Its 1,500 Horsepower

    The Xiaomi SU7 Ultra could be the easiest 1,526-horsepower car I’ve ever driven. And starting at $75,000, it's a bargain.

13. Rivian’s Latest Partnership Unlocks Cheaper Home EV Charging

    Rivian partnered with ChargeScape to gain access to various utilities' managed-charging programs.

14. The Audi A6 Allroad Is Now A Plug-In Hybrid Antidote To Boring SUVs

    Thanks to a big battery pack, the new A6 Allroad wagon can deliver nearly 60 miles of electric range on the WLTP cycle.

15. This EV Charging Station On Route 66 Is Off-Grid And Cheaper Than The Competition

    Located in Barstow, California, this startup’s EV charging station undercuts nearby rivals on pricing and doesn’t need a grid connection.