A recent incident that caught our attention involved three Rivian Amazon Electric Delivery Vans (EDVs) bursting into flames at an Amazon fulfillment center in Houston, Texas, this week.

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I heard it before I saw it: a big black van emblazoned with that all-too-familiar Amazon grin. It wasn't the sizeable van's engine. No, I heard some unidentifiable 80s hair band rock blaring from the ...