In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a time when carmakers want the metal for electric-vehicle batteries, nickel concentration at Eagle Mine is falling and could soon drop too low to warrant digging. But earlier this year, the…
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CEO RJ Scaringe laid out his plan for how Rivian’s vehicles will increasingly drive themselves, in a bid to match or exceed the capabilities of rival automakers and AV companies.