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Spoot: Spotted Early keeps electric vehicles in one place: 4 stories so far. The section currently leads with “Opel's low wagon dares the SUV to explain its own height”, “Rivian's Halloween update turns your EV into a ghost-hunting light show”, and “Six tiny EVs that dare to be small, sharp, and actually cool”. Opel's low wagon doesn't just roll into the Paris Motor Show, it sidles up to the SUV, looks it in the grille, and asks, *why are you so tall?* For years, American roads have been a sea of high-riding crossovers and… Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every electric vehicles story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
Opel's low wagon dares the SUV to explain its own height
Opel's low wagon doesn't just roll into the Paris Motor Show, it sidles up to the SUV, looks it in the grille, and asks, *why are you so tall?* For years, American roads have been a sea of high-riding crossovers and three-row behemoths, the default family hauler that somehow needs a step ladder to load groceries. This concept car, making its debut at Paris 2026, is a quiet rebellion. It's a station wagon that remembers when cars were long, low, and aerodynamic instead of pretending to climb rocks on the way to school. The razor clam here is the height itself, or the lack of it. Opel is daring the SUV to justify its own elevation. It's the same restless energy that made Fiat's Multiplay concept swap a back seat for a flatbed.
Rivian's Halloween update turns your EV into a ghost-hunting light show
Rivian's Halloween update doesn't just slap a spooky decal on the tailgate. It turns the whole EV into a ghost-hunting rig: interactive screens, paranormal sound effects, light shows, and a custom-built Ecto-R1 that would make the original Ghostbusters crew nod in approval. That's the kind of holiday energy we can get behind, the kind that burrows into the spec sheet and finds the proton pack hiding under the frunk. It's playful, yes, but it's also a clever way to make software updates feel like events. Rivian isn't selling a car here; it's selling a reason to gather the kids, park in the driveway, and pretend your commute is a containment grid.
Six tiny EVs that dare to be small, sharp, and actually cool
The EV market keeps serving us slabs. Chunky SUVs with batteries strapped underneath, all pretending aerodynamics don't exist. Then these six tiny hatchbacks show up, modest in footprint, bold in personality, and suddenly the whole segment feels a little embarrassed. That's the energy we're here for. Small cars make sense. Lighter bodies mean happier batteries, easier parking, and designs that actually have to earn their silhouette instead of hiding behind bulk. Dezeen rounded up six of the most eye-catching, and the razor clam here is how each one dares to be sharp rather than safe. We're gently skeptical, sure. But also delighted. If you're craving more weird product energy, our Dyson camera-toothbrush chat is right there. Stay spooty.
Bentley's first EV is its fastest ever, and it looks like nothing else
Bentley finally let the covers slip off its first electric car back in July, and now we can actually see the thing. It's the fastest Bentley ever, which is a wild flex for a brand known more for wood veneer and wafting than for scaring your fillings loose. And it looks like nothing else they've made, which is saying something for a company that's been polishing the same grand tourer silhouette for decades. I'm genuinely curious about the shape, because it's not a swoopy coupe or a boxy SUV, it's somewhere in between. The spec sheet is still thin, so I'm not going to invent range figures or a price tag. But the real question, the one that launch video probably skipped, is what it actually feels like to drive.