I’m driving this Volvo EX40 for the next few days, and one thing I appreciate already is that it has real mechanical door handles. They’re simple and straightforward. Any Volvo owners out there have any advice for me about getting the most out of this EV?
I had the honor today of moderating a panel with @iamjohnimah of SpreeAI and @artiegrams of Agentio! In the second image, that’s John holding up an article in @incmagazine that I wrote about him (and also getting meta by holding up a picture he took of the article I wrote about him)
I got a little bit of stationary seat time in the Rivian R2 yesterday. The color on this one is midnight black. In the video you’ll see the company’s CSO, Wassym Bensaid, briefly explain how the vehicle’s “software defined steering wheel” works.
Happy New Year! I should have posted this two days ago, when we took it. Ringing in 2026 with amazing old college friends in the wintry state of Vermont was pretty swell. Thanks for hosting @ob_danny_pbville and Ellie!!!
Since 2019, I’ve had the chance to fly in some amazing aircraft in a series informally known as #RobRides. Now, thanks to the superb editing of @roselle_chen we’re able to share a supercut of the best of these rides in one place. It starts in the back seat of an F-16 piloted by @flackpilot and then goes from there— you’ll see the view from onboard a KC-10 refueling F-22s and watch a Coast Guard swimmer jump out of a Jayhawk helicopter to practice a rescue at sea. And more! Check it out. #aviation
I had the chance to drive the @rivianofficial R1S quad for a few days, and here are my impressions!
—With about 1,000 HP, it’s wildly powerful. I kept it in conserve mode and still found it to be breathtakingly quick when pulling onto a highway.
—Love that it has a native NACS charger, and love the fun plaid interior. Ditto, the illustrations on the center console (the one for snow mode is shown here).
—It makes an owl’s hooting sound when you lock it!
—Ride felt pretty stiff, even with the most comfortable setting selected. You really feel those bumps.
—A couple of times I experienced an annoying glitch in which the vehicle thought one of the door’s latches had a problem
—Adaptive high beams are incredibly tech-forward and cool. You just leave em on and the car handles the rest so as not to blind anyone.
—All told, I loved my time behind the wheel of this fun vehicle. It’s exciting to pilot. The version I drove was priced at around $124K.
It’s been a week since the Inc. 5000, and here are the highlights! I met former second gentleman Doug Emhoff and former ambassador and senator Jeff Flake; I interviewed the chief software officer for Rivian, Wassym Bensaid, in a fireside chat; and I got to hear Shuman Ghosemajumder speak about the powers and pitfalls of AI as well. Plus, my very first rides in a Waymo!
I had a pretty sweet day today. I traveled to the Ryder Cup to check out a @jobyaviation electric aircraft on display. Flight there and back was in a @sikorskyair S-76 aircraft operated by @flyblade (Joby recently purchased Blade’s passenger business). Stay tuned for an @incmagazine video about all this, and the future of aviation, sometime soon! Photo credit: Joby Aviation
