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Is anyone else kinda gagging at Rivian's overproduced "feels" videos? I watched a bit about their battery pack and the information provided was at the level of a middle schooler (if that).
swaltner
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Unfortunately, that video is marked as private. "If the owner of this video has granted you access, please sign in." I just checked my subscription to their YouTube channel and nothing new has been posted publicly in the last two weeks.
Odd. It is marked as Private for me now also. It was not this AM. I'm a pre-order on their mailing list and email list.
Cliff Notes: It will use cylindrical cells like a Tesla, with an emphasis on cooling, off-road armoring, and all=season validation.
wreighven
Member
I feel the same way. It's actually something that turned me off the company. I had a reservation down for almost a year for the R1T before I just decided to the get X.
Yes, it sure would be nice to be able to pick between an R1T or Ford's Transit van, or Ford's F150 EV, or the Cybertruck, or ..., but largely, all we continue to have is Tesla's current offerings. Sigh.
The closest thing to an electric truck today is the Tesla MX. Hence why I picked it.
But I'd rather have something with a cargo bed.
But I'd rather have something with a cargo bed.
XLR82XS
D M C
That's what they say for the "base" model - $70K. I wish them the best but I predict they will have more success with the Amazon vans.
I can't speak to pickups, but the RS1 is a form factor we haven't seen in the EV market yet, and price wise it seems very competitive with something like a Land Cruiser or Range Rover, I think it could definitely find a place in the market (and from my own personal perspective, the RS1 is something I'd very much love to own).
It was supposed to launch late 2020, but Covid pushed it to 2021, hopefully by Q2.
I forget how many test mules they've built, but I think it's about 50.
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I was kind of excited about it at first, but my excitement has faded. It takes a long time, a lot of money, great tech, manufacturing capability, and support to launch a successful EV company. Not easy to do.
Ho hum, another day, another $2.5B money raised. Yikes. Come on Rivian, start making cars already!
Rivian secures $2.5 billion funding from Tesla investors and more - Electrek
I like the bit how early Tesla investor T Rowe Price sold their Tesla position ... last year. Absolute geniuses these investors are, absolute geniuses.
Rivian secures $2.5 billion funding from Tesla investors and more - Electrek
I like the bit how early Tesla investor T Rowe Price sold their Tesla position ... last year. Absolute geniuses these investors are, absolute geniuses.
RobStark
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XLR82XS
D M C
I emailed them a bunch of questions last night and they got back to me this morning. I got a lot of “very soon!” answers.
I like to think they are getting things right and not rushing to market with poorly built vehicles that spend their first several weeks in service centers.
I like to think they are getting things right and not rushing to market with poorly built vehicles that spend their first several weeks in service centers.
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