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Rivian faced another massive loss in Q2, $1.46 billion.

But CEO RJ Scarange pointing out that year, the factory was closed for a third of the quarter for a month,

but they have now got everything they need in place for greater efficiencies,

and they'll be in the black by the end of the year.

Short-term pain, long-term gain, big deal with VW, which is really progressing by the sounds of it. And Rivian say the future is

bright, but the numbers now certainly sting. VW's ID3 GTX and GTX performance now on sale

here in Europe, about $51,000 in Germany, for instance, where they do have the environmental

bonus. And that's got the they do have the environmental bonus.

And that's got the bigger motor on the rear axle, so 240 kilowatts of power, bigger battery as well,

79 kilowatt hours. Net sporty bits and sporty styling, the new bigger screens inside

and also chat GPT inside it, if you ever want that inside your car.

Now, the US is investing $2.2 billion in boosting its grid resilience aimed at making

the grid future proof in the United States to cope with extreme weather and increasing

demand and things like EV charging in 18 states, big funding going in to safeguard the grid

and expand it. Fiat say, why don't the Europeans have the charging cable for level two at least

attached to the car? Because in the US, it's always attached to the charger. In Europe, we always

have to open the boot or the frunk and get a cable out, not the end of the world, but Fiat, with

their grand panda going on sale later this year in the UK, have a level two charging cable,

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