Electric Vehicles

Heartland Community College's microcertificate program is seven credit hours which can be taken alone or in conjunction with a larger certificate program and associate degree option.

Charles McCubbin and several other former Rivian employees told WGLT they believe production demands and employee turnover combined with a lack of training have compromised safety conditions at the plant.

Plans for the new Rivian plant outside Atlanta had stalled before the federal government provided the help following an agreement that company officials say was over two years in the making.

Gov. JB Pritzker says his administration is fighting to make sure federal help promised to Rivian and other electric vehicle makers doesn't go away when Donald Trump returns to the White House.

The electric automaker Rivian may have found a lifeline for its stalled plans for a new manufacturing plant in Georgia, winning a $6.6 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy in the final weeks of the Biden administration.

The auto industry is embracing Tesla's charging technology in order to share its vast Supercharger network. This is going to be a slow transition — expect to see a lot of adapters.

As of last week, there were about 120,000 EVs on Illinois roads, while the state’s goal is to have 1 million on the road by 2030.

Volkswagen has increased its planned investment in the electric automaker Rivian through a joint venture that officially launches Wednesday. The first Volkswagen models made with Rivian’s technology are expected to launch in 2027.

Rivian, Bloomington-Normal's largest manufacturer, is one of many firms scrambling to figure out how to adjust to a higher tariff environment likely to come from a second Trump administration.

EV industry-watchers interviewed by WGLT say electrification is still where the auto industry is headed – and that won’t change. But the pace of that transition and America’s role in it are certainly up for grabs.