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THIS WEEK IN EVS
It's been a big week. Lucid showed off its most ambitious vehicle yet, Rivian brought the R2 to SXSW in the flesh, and a TED talk made the case for clean energy better than most policy papers ever will. Here's what's worth your time.
THE WEEK'S BEST STORIES
Someone Got Into the Lucid Cosmos Before You Did. Here Is What They Found. — Kyle Conner got rare early access to the Lucid Cosmos at Investor Day. Sharp design, a genuinely impressive interior, and engineering that shows Lucid isn't just scaling down the Gravity.
Every Angle, Every Detail: The Rivian R2 Up Close at SXSW — Press photos only go so far. This is the R2 in the flesh: exterior lines, interior layout, storage, frunk, and all the small Rivian details you'd miss in a spec sheet.
The Volvo EX90 Has Arrived: Here Is Why It Might Be the Most Thoughtfully Built EV on the Market — Volvo took its time with the EX90 and it shows. Genuine safety innovation, a calm and considered interior, and a powertrain that doesn't need to shout to impress.
The Jetson ONE Is a Real, Buyable, All-Electric Personal Aircraft. And You Don't Need a Pilot's License to Fly It. — One seat. No runway. No pilot's license required. The Jetson ONE is a fully electric personal aircraft that is genuinely available for purchase. Thrilling? Yes. Advisable? That's between you and your risk tolerance.
Oil Made Nations Hostages. Clean Energy Ends That. — For over a century, controlling oil meant controlling economies and foreign policy. This TED talk argues that renewable energy fundamentally rewrites those rules, not because of politics, but because of physics.
OPINION
The most common objection to EVs is charging time. The problem is most people doing the math are doing it wrong. This piece breaks down what the numbers actually look like when you account for how people really drive.
See you next week.
Jacob Founder, nexusEVnews