Seems Rivian makes lots of disclaimers/warnings about doing tank turns to wit: yes you can do zero radius turns but it’s extremely hard on the system, don’t try on pavement or you’ll regret it.
Same thing could be said for things that are common on many vehicles: part time 4wd, locking diffs, crawl control, off road turn assist,...
Like every time I turn on ludicrous mode and I’m warned of the accelerated wear and tear on primary components? It was a $10,000 feature. Tesla is king of bad faith upgrades though. Let’s be honest.
Well at least the Rivian is making it to market. Looks like a year ahead of the CT.
Rivian was supposed to be released in 2020 and released late 2021… they still haven’t delivered more than a handful of trucks. Tank turn is indefinitely postponned.
Only a handful of cybertrucks will be delivered in 2022, and that’s *optimistically*. Time has never been on Tesla’s side. Not one vehicle delivered on time stated during reveal.
Model Y and Model 3 were both delivered within a month of the estimated delivery times. Both were launched and began production within a year of their launch. Model 3 had very slow production ramp but was on time. Model Y was both on time and ramped quickly. Those are their 2 biggest products. With the Model S, they were essenItaly building an entire new industry from the ground up.
After describing the various ways they were late on every vehicle they’ve made, you said “this narrative that they’re always late is nonsense”. Do you have an example of beating deadlines or even achieving the goal in the stated amount of time? Don’t get mad at me for stating facts.
Again. Their two biggest vehicles were shipped on time. You seem to want to sweep this inconvenient fact under the rug.
Let's revisit this argument when the CT sells a million units before Rivian does.After describing the various ways they were late on every vehicle they’ve made, you said “this narrative that they’re always late is nonsense”. Do you have an example of beating deadlines or even achieving the goal in the stated amount of time? Don’t get mad at me for stating facts.
On the call 3 months ago and on the call on 10/7, to the shareholders, Elon stated there was much to be figured out still. They aren’t ready for production except for the factory. They simply aren’t done with vehicle design and manufacturing tech, nor have they figured out the 4680 cells yet. When will they be done? Elon says “some issues are bigger than others” instead of providing a timeline. Being a year behind schedule and then telling people vaguely that it’s a really hard thing they’re trying to do, some things are easier than others to solve. That’s vague. They have my deposit and I am excited, but the Tri-Motor with 4680 cells is optimistically slated for 2023. Why optimistically? Bc they don’t provide timelines besides optimistic one.
Let’s continue to watch the show as it unfolds.
