Written by Cláudio Afonso | LinkedIn | X
The Houston-based real estate company, Meristem Communities, announced on Wednesday an agreement with Envoy to provide Rivian R1T vehicles to the Texas community in Fort Bend County. The model will serve as the primary vehicle for Indigo’s car-sharing program.
Envoy, which was acquired by the electric vehicle (EV) charging company Blink Charging in 2023 for $34 million, focuses on EV car-sharing services and in integrating turnkey EV sharing and charging stations within multi-resident communities.
At the neighbourhood, residents will have access to Envoy’s Rivian R1T vehicles through the app and book it by the minute, hour, or day, with “the added convenience of charging at dedicated on-site stations at no additional cost,” the companies stated.
Once completed, Indigo will feature approximately 800 residences, 42 acres of dedicated agricultural land, a 25-acre lake, and more than 70,000 square feet of mixed-use commercial development, according to the statement.
In an interview with “Heatmap,” R.J. Scaringe, Rivian’s chief executive said he is impressed by the speed of EV adoption over the last few years and how the automotive industry is changing because of it.
The CEO criticized those buying internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles nowadays due to lack of their long-term vision adding that gas stations “will be slowly disappearing”.
Last week, the company introduced an automated online tool for trade-in estimates applicable to electric vehicles (EVs) but also to internal combustion engine (ICE) and Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).
Owners of Rivian vehicles or other brands, including trucks and vans, can now submit their vehicle for evaluation using either the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) or the license plate number, as initially shared by the Rivian owner Chris Hilbert on X.
Earlier in the week, the company started the rollout of its latest over-the-air (OTA) software update, version 2024.23, for both R1 models (R1S and R1T) from the second generation.
The OTA update marks the debut of the Rivian Autonomy Platform, a suite of advanced driver assistance features. One of them is the “Lane Change on Command” feature, which allows the vehicle to perform lane changes when the turn signal is activated while Highway Assist is engaged.
Written by Cláudio Afonso | LinkedIn | X
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