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Tesla gets praise from Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe at reservation holder’s event
Kim of the YouTube channel Like Tesla was able to attend one of Rivian’s reservation holder events as a guest and even to spend a few minutes with CEO RJ Scaringe to ask him questions about the company’s inspiration to create an eco-friendly vehicle.
Kim attended the Rivian event by her friend Matt, who was one of the first people in the U.S. to take a delivery of the Tesla Model 3 almost two years ago.
Rivian has made a lot of noise in the electric vehicle community in the past few months, including news that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is buying 100,000 delivery vans from the Plymouth, Michigan-based manufacturer to deliver its packages. The events are a chance for Rivian to highlight its new R1T pickup truck and R1S sport utility vehicle for pre-orderers to see. Rivian has hosted a few events, most recently one in Seattle, Washington on September 28 where they displayed a brand new blue color that will be available for the R1T.
In her short interview with Scaringe, Kim was able to ask the Rivian CEO if he could “tell people who are into Tesla but unfamiliar with Rivian, why this is such a cool car and why people should take a look at Rivian.”
“Well, I think we are at a point where variety and different options, especially different ways in making tradeoffs in a vehicle so important. If you look at Teslas, they’re great cars, they really helped make electric cars cool, so we love what they’ve done, but we are trying to do something that is very different by enabling outdoor, active lifestyles,” Scaringe said.
Both the R1T and R1S are designed to do exactly what Scaringe said: make people enthusiastic about outdoor activities by giving them a car that can handle both off-road and on-road situations in a variety of different terrains. Both Rivian vehicles have an incredible three-feet of wading depth, enabling them to function in an impressive fashion even though a majority of their car is underwater.
Rivian’s vehicles are impressive due to the fact that they are much different than the stereotypical offroad vehicle. ICE vehicles that are geared toward off-roading and all-terrain driving are usually very inefficient in terms of gas mileage and power. “What you see today is vehicles in that space tend to be very inefficient, whether its a Jeep or a Land Rover. So what were doing, is really good on-road, really good off-road, and also, of course, really efficient,” Scaringe said.
And he’s right. For example, a Jeep Wrangler gets around 20 MPG and only has 285 horsepower. Rivian’s R1S will give owners 400 miles of range on a single charge along with a massive 750 horsepower quad-motor system. Rivian’s vehicles will give owners the capability to be Earth-friendly while exploring all the beautiful scenes that our planet has to offer.
Watch Kim from Like Tesla’s video on the Rivian Reservation Holder’s Event below:
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Brazil Supreme Court orders Elon Musk and X investigation closed
The decision was issued by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes following a recommendation from Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has ordered the closure of an investigation involving Elon Musk and social media platform X. The inquiry had been pending for about two years and examined whether the platform was used to coordinate attacks against members of the judiciary.
The decision was issued by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes following a recommendation from Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet.
According to a report from Agencia Brasil, the investigation conducted by the Federal Police did not find evidence that X deliberately attempted to attack the judiciary or circumvent court orders.
Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet concluded that the irregularities identified during the probe did not indicate fraudulent intent.
Justice Moraes accepted the prosecutor’s recommendation and ruled that the investigation should be closed. Under the ruling, the case will remain closed unless new evidence emerges.
The inquiry stemmed from concerns that content on X may have enabled online attacks against Supreme Court justices or violated rulings requiring the suspension of certain accounts under investigation.
Justice Moraes had previously taken several enforcement actions related to the platform during the broader dispute involving social media regulation in Brazil.
These included ordering a nationwide block of the platform, freezing Starlink accounts, and imposing fines on X totaling about $5.2 million. Authorities also froze financial assets linked to X and SpaceX through Starlink to collect unpaid penalties and seized roughly $3.3 million from the companies’ accounts.
Moraes also imposed daily fines of up to R$5 million, about $920,000, for alleged evasion of the X ban and established penalties of R$50,000 per day for VPN users who attempted to bypass the restriction.
Brazil remains an important market for X, with roughly 17 million users, making it one of the platform’s larger user bases globally.
The country is also a major market for Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet service, which has surpassed one million subscribers in Brazil.
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FCC chair criticizes Amazon over opposition to SpaceX satellite plan
Carr made the remarks in a post on social media platform X.
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr criticized Amazon after the company opposed SpaceX’s proposal to launch a large satellite constellation that could function as an orbital data center network.
Carr made the remarks in a post on social media platform X.
Amazon recently urged the FCC to reject SpaceX’s application to deploy a constellation of up to 1 million low Earth orbit satellites that could serve as artificial intelligence data centers in space.
The company described the proposal as a “lofty ambition rather than a real plan,” arguing that SpaceX had not provided sufficient details about how the system would operate.
Carr responded by pointing to Amazon’s own satellite deployment progress.
“Amazon should focus on the fact that it will fall roughly 1,000 satellites short of meeting its upcoming deployment milestone, rather than spending their time and resources filing petitions against companies that are putting thousands of satellites in orbit,” Carr wrote on X.
Amazon has declined to comment on the statement.
Amazon has been working to deploy its Project Kuiper satellite network, which is intended to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink service. The company has invested more than $10 billion in the program and has launched more than 200 satellites since April of last year.
Amazon has also asked the FCC for a 24-month extension, until July 2028, to meet a requirement to deploy roughly 1,600 satellites by July 2026, as noted in a CNBC report.
SpaceX’s Starlink network currently has nearly 10,000 satellites in orbit and serves roughly 10 million customers. The FCC has also authorized SpaceX to deploy 7,500 additional satellites as the company continues expanding its global satellite internet network.
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Tesla Energy gains UK license to sell electricity to homes and businesses
The license was granted to Tesla Energy Ventures Ltd. by UK energy regulator Ofgem after a seven-month review process.
Tesla Energy has received a license to supply electricity in the United Kingdom, opening the door for the company to serve homes and businesses in the country.
The license was granted to Tesla Energy Ventures Ltd. by UK energy regulator Ofgem after a seven-month review process.
According to Ofgem, the license took effect at 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday and applies to Great Britain.
The approval allows Tesla’s energy business to sell electricity directly to customers in the region, as noted in a Bloomberg News report.
Tesla has already expanded similar services in the United States. In Texas, the company offers electricity plans that allow Tesla owners to charge their vehicles at a lower cost while also feeding excess electricity back into the grid.
Tesla already has a sizable presence in the UK market. According to price comparison website U-switch, there are more than 250,000 Tesla electric vehicles in the country and thousands of Tesla home energy storage systems.
Ofgem also noted that Tesla Motors Ltd., a separate entity incorporated in England and Wales, received an electricity generation license in June 2020.
The new UK license arrives as Tesla continues expanding its global energy business.
Last year, Tesla Energy retained the top position in the global battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator market for the second consecutive year. According to Wood Mackenzie’s latest rankings, Tesla held about 15% of global market share in 2024.
The company also maintained a dominant position in North America, where it captured roughly 39% market share in the region.
At the same time, competition in the energy storage sector is increasing. Chinese companies such as Sungrow have been expanding their presence globally, particularly in Europe.
Brazil Supreme Court orders Elon Musk and X investigation closed
FCC chair criticizes Amazon over opposition to SpaceX satellite plan
