Rivian battery pack fire reported at Normal Plant 

On Saturday, May 28, at around 10:38 am, the Normal Fire Department responded to fire at Rivian’s manufacturing plant. A thermal runaway occurred within a battery pack undergoing tests. The battery pack that caused the incident was in the repair area at the time. Rivian evacuated its battery assembly area due to the fire. No […]

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Tesla’s navigation taps into detailed weather data for extra-precise energy usage estimates

Tesla recently rolled out an update to its vehicles’ navigation system that makes energy consumption calculations incredibly accurate. The update was released as part of software version 2022.16.0.2.  Prior to the update, Tesla’s navigation system predicted a vehicle’s energy usage using data like distance, elevation changes, and other information like the type of wheels that […]

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