Rivian Dual-Motor range, Fisker Alaska preview, CATL boosts LFP charging: Today’s Car News

Rivian tops 350 miles of vary with its center of three battery packs. Fisker gives a bit extra about its $45,000 Alaska electrical pickup. And CATL makes its LFP battery tech extra cold-weather savvy. This and extra, right here at Inexperienced Automobile Reviews. 

Fisker sees its upcoming $45,400 Alaska electric truck as its “every thing” automobile, however it received’t but say who’s going to construct it within the U.S. That stated, Fisker revealed many extra new idea photographs of this truck, which is predicated on the identical underpinnings as its Ocean crossover however stays beneath improvement. 

China’s CATL revealed a revised lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery chemistry and construction that, it says, presents superior charging and performance in cold weather—two typical drawbacks to the battery kind that’s common in China, in addition to 250 miles in 10 minutes. Ford received’t but affirm whether or not this tech is included as a part of its license to make LFP cells in Michigan. 

And official EPA vary scores present Dual-Motor versions of the Rivian R1T and R1S at 352 miles, in case you select your wheels fastidiously. That’s with the center of three Rivian battery packs—the so-called Giant Pack—and it bodes properly for the upcoming Max Pack and the probability that these variations will prime 400 miles.

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